Mare Cognitum region, Oceanus Procellarum
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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.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Oceanus Procellarum | 3 |
| Mare Cognitum region | 1 |
| Mare Cognitum region, Oceanus Procellarum canonical | 1 |
| Oceanus Procellarum region | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2330337 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mare Cognitum region, Oceanus Procellarum Context triple: [Apollo 12, landingSite, Mare Cognitum region, Oceanus Procellarum]
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A.
Mare Imbrium
Mare Imbrium is a vast, dark lunar mare formed by ancient volcanic activity, prominent on the Moon’s near side and notable as the landing site of several Apollo missions.
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B.
Mare Tranquillitatis
Mare Tranquillitatis is a lunar mare on the Moon’s near side, best known as the site of Apollo 11’s first crewed Moon landing.
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C.
Mare Internum
Mare Internum is the ancient Roman name for the Mediterranean Sea, the central body of water around which much of classical civilization developed.
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D.
Mare Imbrium vicinity
Mare Imbrium vicinity refers to the area surrounding the Moon’s large Mare Imbrium basin, a prominent dark lava plain in the lunar northwest near which the Soviet Luna 2 spacecraft impacted.
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E.
Descartes Highlands
Descartes Highlands is a rugged, heavily cratered lunar highland region notable as the exploration site of NASA’s Apollo 16 mission.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mare Cognitum region, Oceanus Procellarum Target entity description: 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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A.
Mare Imbrium
Mare Imbrium is a vast, dark lunar mare formed by ancient volcanic activity, prominent on the Moon’s near side and notable as the landing site of several Apollo missions.
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B.
Mare Tranquillitatis
Mare Tranquillitatis is a lunar mare on the Moon’s near side, best known as the site of Apollo 11’s first crewed Moon landing.
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C.
Mare Internum
Mare Internum is the ancient Roman name for the Mediterranean Sea, the central body of water around which much of classical civilization developed.
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D.
Mare Imbrium vicinity
Mare Imbrium vicinity refers to the area surrounding the Moon’s large Mare Imbrium basin, a prominent dark lava plain in the lunar northwest near which the Soviet Luna 2 spacecraft impacted.
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E.
Descartes Highlands
Descartes Highlands is a rugged, heavily cratered lunar highland region notable as the exploration site of NASA’s Apollo 16 mission.
- F. None of above. chosen
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 mission
ⓘ
linked to:
Apollo 12
uncrewed Surveyor missions vicinity ⓘ |
| formedBy | volcanic flooding of impact basin ⓘ |
| geologicalContext | lunar mare basalt flows ⓘ |
| gravityFieldStudiedBy |
GRAIL mission
ⓘ
linked to:
GRAIL
|
| 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 region
ⓘ
linked to:
Oceanus Procellarum
|
| 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 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Mare Cognitum region, Oceanus Procellarum Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Mare Cognitum region, Oceanus Procellarum
linked to: Mare Cognitum region, Oceanus Procellarum
subject linked to:
Copernicus Crater on the Moon
linked to: Mare Cognitum region, Oceanus Procellarum
subject linked to:
Copernicus Crater on the Moon
linked to: Mare Cognitum region, Oceanus Procellarum
linked to: Mare Cognitum region, Oceanus Procellarum