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Planitia Descensus was named to commemorate the site of the first soft landing on the Moon of Luna 9 on 3 February 1966. It is located at Lat. 7.1°N and Long. 64.4W.^[1] It is the only officially named plain on the Moon.^[1] The Working Group of Commission 17 of the IAU confirmed the name of the site in 1970.^[2]

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1 2 "Lunar Plains (Planitia)". Retrieved 11 January 2017.
↑ "Menzel, 1971". Wikispaces.com. Retrieved 11 January 2017.

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[Fourmilab-1] 1 2 "Lunar Plains (Planitia)". Retrieved 11 January 2017.

[Wikispaces-2] "Menzel, 1971". Wikispaces.com. Retrieved 11 January 2017.

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