Mare Crisium
E573050
Mare Crisium is a prominent, isolated lunar mare on the Moon’s near side, easily visible from Earth as a dark, circular basaltic plain.
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
basaltic plain
ⓘ
lunar mare ⓘ |
| boundedBy | ring of highlands ⓘ |
| celestialBody | Moon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| formedBy | large impact event ⓘ |
| hasAlbedo | low ⓘ |
| hasArea | approximately 176,000 square kilometers ⓘ |
| hasBasinAge | Nectarian ⓘ |
| hasCoordinates | about 17° North 59° East selenographic ⓘ |
| hasDiameter | approximately 555 km ⓘ |
| hasEjectaFeature | ray system from Proclus crater ⓘ |
| hasGeologicAge | mostly Imbrian ⓘ |
| hasMeanElevation | lower than surrounding highlands ⓘ |
| hasNameMeaning | Sea of Crises NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNearbyCrater |
Burckhardt
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Cleomedes NERFINISHED ⓘ Condorcet NERFINISHED ⓘ Eimmart NERFINISHED ⓘ Lick NERFINISHED ⓘ Macrobius NERFINISHED ⓘ Peirce NERFINISHED ⓘ Picard NERFINISHED ⓘ Proclus NERFINISHED ⓘ Yerkes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasOrbitalImageryFrom |
Apollo missions
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lunar Orbiter missions NERFINISHED ⓘ Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRimFeature |
Promontorium Agarum
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Promontorium Olivium NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasShape | roughly circular ⓘ |
| hasSurfaceComposition | basaltic lava flows ⓘ |
| hasSurfaceFeature |
ghost craters
ⓘ
low-relief lava plains ⓘ wrinkle ridges ⓘ |
| isEasilyRecognizableIn | naked-eye views of the Moon ⓘ |
| isIsolatedFrom | other large lunar maria ⓘ |
| isTargetOf | lunar geological studies ⓘ |
| isVisibleFrom | Earth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOn |
Moon
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
near side of the Moon ⓘ |
| nameAdoptedInCentury | 17th century ⓘ |
| namedIn | Latin ⓘ |
| nameGivenBy | Giovanni Battista Riccioli NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| observedBy | early telescopic astronomers ⓘ |
| partOf | lunar nearside maria ⓘ |
| surfaceModifiedBy | volcanic flooding ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.