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There are three reasonably well documented pits on the Moon : the Marius Hills Pit in the Oceanus Procellarum , the Mare Ingenii Pit, and the Mare Tranquillitatis Pit.
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Longitudes on the Moon are measured both east and west from the prime meridian. When no direction is specified, east is positive and west is negative. Coordinates are usually measured positive even though it appears as though it would have been simpler to use west as in this case.
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JAXA prepared a video flyover of Marius Hill. Go to:
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There is a YouTube video depicting a Sci-fi view of how such a cave would be used in the future. Go to YouTube and type in “Lunar Pit, Mare Tranquillitatis .”
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von Ehrenfried, M. (2019). Lunar and Mars Caves, Lava Tubes and Pits. In: From Cave Man to Cave Martian. Springer Praxis Books(). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-05408-3_3
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