Aeolis Palus

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Aeolis Palus is a plain within Gale Crater on Mars, notable as the region explored by NASA’s Curiosity rover.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Aeolis Palus canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (40)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geological feature ⓘ
plain ⓘ
region on Mars ⓘ
adjacentTo Aeolis Mons ⓘ
Mount Sharp ⓘ
ageEstimate Hesperian to early Amazonian ⓘ
associatedMission Mars Science Laboratory ⓘ
contains Bradbury Landing ⓘ
Glenelg region ⓘ
Rocknest ⓘ
Shaler outcrop ⓘ
linked to: Hematite Ridge

Yellowknife Bay ⓘ
linked to: Gale Crater
coordinateSystem areocentric coordinates ⓘ
country none (extraterrestrial location) ⓘ
discoveredBy telescopic and orbital observations of Mars ⓘ
explorationStartDate 2012-08-06 ⓘ
exploredBy Curiosity rover ⓘ
Mars Science Laboratory mission ⓘ
geologicalContext alluvial and fluvial features ⓘ
lacustrine deposits ⓘ
sedimentary deposits ⓘ
hasFeature dust and sand ripples ⓘ
erosional landforms ⓘ
impact-related sediments ⓘ
hosted first drilled Martian rock samples by Curiosity ⓘ
locatedIn Gale Crater ⓘ
locatedOn Mars ⓘ
namedAfter Aeolis ⓘ
notableFor landing site region of Curiosity rover ⓘ
observedBy Mars Global Surveyor ⓘ
Mars Odyssey ⓘ
Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter ⓘ
partOf Aeolis quadrangle ⓘ
Gale Crater floor ⓘ
planetaryBody Mars ⓘ
scientificInterest evidence of past water activity ⓘ
habitability studies ⓘ
spaceAgencyInvolved NASA ⓘ
surfaceType plain with mixed rocky and sandy terrain ⓘ
terrainCharacter relatively low-lying area within Gale Crater ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

Curiosity → landingRegion → Aeolis Palus ⓘ
MSL → landingRegion → Aeolis Palus ⓘ