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Aiwan

Northeast Moon Sea Area of Moon Sea
Aiwan (Latin: Sinus Amoris) is Moon Sea of Tranquillity A small place in the northeast Moon Sea Zone. 200-300km in size, center Lunar coordinates by 18.1°N 39.1°E Its name was first published in 1974 U.S.A Appearing on the lunar map drawn by the Military Surveying and Mapping Agency for NASA, it was International Astronomical Union Approved for adoption.
Chinese name
Aiwan
Foreign name
Sinus Amoris
geographical position
Moon Sea of Tranquillity northeast
Pinyin
ài wān

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Aiwan is connected to Jinghai in the southwest and to the northeast Mercy Lake , Southeast and Slumber It borders on the north Jinniu Mountains
Due to the complex terrain, and its dark surface is sometimes covered by the bright sputtering of the young impact crater, the initial boundary of Love Bay is not clear, and there is Romer Crater and Carmichael crater To the east is Hill Crater Southeast Proclos crater

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As of 2015 Impact crater In, the named are Marardi Crater Carmichael crater Gardner Crater Frank Crater Brewster crater Theophrastus crater and Ryushan Crater The first of them has been Lava The others only appear after the lava covers. In addition, there are satellite pits and nameless pits in Yuewan, some of which have been damaged and almost completely buried by lava, especially the satellite pits with a diameter of 66km“ Marard D "And several nameless craters, only a few wall towers remain in the Moon Bay.
To the south of Aiwan lies Mount Isam , northwest Marardi The volcanic dome in Yuewan is relatively dense.
Aiwan surface is located at Lunar surface 0.8-1.6km below the reference height, about at the same level as the surrounding area of Jinghai Chenghai It is 1.5km higher.
basis Yuewan The southern half of Impact crater According to the density assessment, the geological age of Aiwan is about 3.6 billion years, equivalent to Late Yuhai , close to the average value in the rainy sea area.