Fra Mauro formation
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The Fra Mauro formation is a hilly, heavily cratered lunar region in the Moon’s near side highlands, best known as the landing site of NASA’s Apollo 14 mission and as an important area for studying ancient lunar impact ejecta.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Fra Mauro formation canonical | 3 |
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
lunar geological formation
ⓘ
lunar surface feature ⓘ |
| adjacentTo | Fra Mauro crater ⓘ |
| age | Imbrian ⓘ |
| ApolloLandingSite | Apollo 14 ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Imbrium Basin ejecta zone
ⓘ
surface form:
Imbrium impact event
|
| cataloguedIn | USGS lunar geologic maps ⓘ |
| coordinateSystem | selenographic coordinates ⓘ |
| geologicalContext | Imbrium Basin ejecta blanket ⓘ |
| landingDate | 1971-02-05 ⓘ |
| locatedIn | lunar highlands ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Moon ⓘ |
| locatedOnSide | near side of the Moon ⓘ |
| mappedBy |
Apollo orbital photography
ⓘ
Lunar Orbiter program ⓘ
surface form:
Lunar Orbiter missions
|
| namedAfter | Fra Mauro crater ⓘ |
| notableFor |
diverse impact-related rock types
ⓘ
exposure of deep Imbrium Basin materials ⓘ |
| observedBy |
Earth-based telescopes
ⓘ
spacecraft imaging ⓘ |
| partOf | nearside lunar highlands geological units ⓘ |
| regionType | lunar highlands region ⓘ |
| relativeAge | formed early in the Moon’s geological history ⓘ |
| researchFocus |
evolution of the lunar crust
ⓘ
lunar impact chronology ⓘ |
| sampledBy |
Apollo 14
ⓘ
surface form:
Apollo 14 astronauts
|
| samplesReturnedTo | Earth ⓘ |
| scientificSignificance |
important for studying ancient lunar impact ejecta
ⓘ
key site for sampling Imbrium Basin materials ⓘ |
| studiedBy |
NASA
ⓘ
lunar geologists ⓘ |
| surfaceComposition |
breccias
ⓘ
highlands material ⓘ impact-melt rocks ⓘ |
| terrainType |
heavily cratered
ⓘ
hilly ⓘ |
| visitedByAstronaut |
Alan Shepard
ⓘ
surface form:
Alan B. Shepard Jr.
Edgar D. Mitchell ⓘ Stuart A. Roosa ⓘ |
| visitedByMission | Apollo 14 ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Mare Cognitum