Mare Cognitum region, Oceanus Procellarum

E256002
basaltic plain lunar mare

The Mare Cognitum region in Oceanus Procellarum is a basaltic lunar mare on the Moon’s near side, notable as the site of NASA’s Apollo 12 crewed landing.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Oceanus Procellarum 3
Mare Cognitum region 1
Mare Cognitum region, Oceanus Procellarum canonical 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf basaltic plain ⓘ
lunar mare ⓘ
adjacentTo Mare Insularum ⓘ
Mare Nubium ⓘ
Oceanus Procellarum ⓘ
albedo low ⓘ
astronomicalBodyType lunar mare ⓘ
belongsTo lunar near side western hemisphere ⓘ
category Lunar geological features ⓘ
Maria of the Moon ⓘ
celestialBody Moon ⓘ
coordinateSystem selenographic coordinates ⓘ
discoveredBy early telescopic astronomers ⓘ
exploredBy Apollo 12 ⓘ
surface form: Apollo 12 mission

uncrewed Surveyor missions vicinity ⓘ
formedBy volcanic flooding of impact basin ⓘ
geologicalContext lunar mare basalt flows ⓘ
gravityFieldStudiedBy GRAIL ⓘ
surface form: GRAIL mission
hasFeature smooth dark basaltic surface ⓘ
languageOfName Latin ⓘ
locatedIn Oceanus Procellarum ⓘ
locatedOn Moon ⓘ
locatedOnSide near side of the Moon ⓘ
mappedBy Clementine mission ⓘ
Lunar Orbiter missions ⓘ
Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter ⓘ
nameMeaning Sea of Knowledge ⓘ
Sea that has become known ⓘ
near Apollo 12 landing site ⓘ
Fra Mauro formation ⓘ
Surveyor 3 landing site ⓘ
notableFor Apollo 12 landing site vicinity ⓘ
observationWavelength near-infrared ⓘ
radar ⓘ
visible light ⓘ
observedFrom Earth ⓘ
partOf lunar nearside maria ⓘ
planetaryBody Moon ⓘ
regionOf Oceanus Procellarum ⓘ
surface form: Oceanus Procellarum region
scientificInterest lunar volcanism studies ⓘ
mare basalt composition ⓘ
surfaceAge Imbrian period ⓘ
surfaceComposition basalt ⓘ
surfaceSampleContext Apollo 12 returned samples from nearby mare basalts ⓘ
surfaceType basaltic ⓘ
visibleTo naked eye from Earth ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Apollo 12 → landingSite → Mare Cognitum region, Oceanus Procellarum ⓘ
Kepler (lunar crater) → locatedIn → Mare Cognitum region, Oceanus Procellarum ⓘ
this entity surface form: Oceanus Procellarum region
Kepler (lunar crater) → nearbyFeature → Mare Cognitum region, Oceanus Procellarum ⓘ
this entity surface form: Oceanus Procellarum
Copernicus Crater on the Moon → locatedIn → Mare Cognitum region, Oceanus Procellarum ⓘ
subject surface form: Copernicus (lunar crater)
this entity surface form: Oceanus Procellarum
Copernicus Crater on the Moon → adjacentMare → Mare Cognitum region, Oceanus Procellarum ⓘ
subject surface form: Copernicus (lunar crater)
this entity surface form: Oceanus Procellarum
Surveyor 1 → landingRegion → Mare Cognitum region, Oceanus Procellarum ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mare Cognitum region