Ocean of Storms on Moon

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Ocean of Storms on Moon is a vast lunar mare formed by ancient volcanic activity, notable as the landing region for several Apollo missions.

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Surface form Occurrences
Ocean of Storms 0

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Predicate Object
instanceOf lunar mare
adjacentTo Mare Humorum NERFINISHED
Mare Imbrium NERFINISHED
Mare Nubium NERFINISHED
alsoKnownAs Oceanus Procellarum NERFINISHED
associatedWith lunar mascons
belongsTo Earth–Moon system NERFINISHED
cataloguedIn IAU lunar nomenclature NERFINISHED
color dark
composition basalt
containsFeature Aristarchus Plateau NERFINISHED
Crater Aristarchus NERFINISHED
Crater Copernicus NERFINISHED
Crater Kepler NERFINISHED
Reiner Gamma NERFINISHED
exploredBy Apollo astronauts NERFINISHED
uncrewed lunar probes
featureTypeDesignation Oceanus NERFINISHED
formedBy ancient volcanic activity
geologicalAge Imbrian period NERFINISHED
hasCoordinateSystem selenographic coordinates
hasNo atmosphere
liquid water
hasRegolith lunar regolith
hasScientificInterest study of lunar crustal structure
study of lunar volcanism
isLargestOf lunar maria
isOnHemisphere western lunar near side
landingSiteOf Apollo 12 NERFINISHED
Surveyor 3 NERFINISHED
locatedIn near side of the Moon
locatedOn Moon NERFINISHED
mappedBy Lunar Orbiter missions NERFINISHED
Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter NERFINISHED
nameLanguage Latin
nameMeaning Ocean of Storms NERFINISHED
notableFor landing region for Apollo missions
large extent compared to other lunar maria
observedBy Galileo Galilei NERFINISHED
observedIn infrared wavelengths
visible light
partOf lunar nearside maria
sitedIn western part of the Moon’s near side
surfaceGravity low compared to Earth
surfaceType basaltic plain

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Intrepid descentStageLocation Ocean of Storms on Moon