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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Ocean of Storms on Moon canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf lunar mare ⓘ
adjacentTo Mare Humorum ⓘ
Mare Imbrium ⓘ
Mare Nubium ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Oceanus Procellarum ⓘ
associatedWith lunar mascons ⓘ
belongsTo Earth–Moon system ⓘ
cataloguedIn IAU lunar nomenclature ⓘ
color dark ⓘ
composition basalt ⓘ
containsFeature Aristarchus Plateau ⓘ
Crater Aristarchus ⓘ
Crater Copernicus ⓘ
linked to: Copernicus crater

Crater Kepler ⓘ
linked to: Kepler crater

Reiner Gamma ⓘ
exploredBy Apollo astronauts ⓘ
uncrewed lunar probes ⓘ
featureTypeDesignation Oceanus ⓘ
formedBy ancient volcanic activity ⓘ
geologicalAge Imbrian period ⓘ
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 ⓘ
Surveyor 3 ⓘ
locatedIn near side of the Moon ⓘ
locatedOn Moon ⓘ
mappedBy Lunar Orbiter missions ⓘ
Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter ⓘ
nameLanguage Latin ⓘ
nameMeaning Ocean of Storms ⓘ
notableFor landing region for Apollo missions ⓘ
large extent compared to other lunar maria ⓘ
observedBy Galileo Galilei ⓘ
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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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Intrepid → descentStageLocation → Ocean of Storms on Moon ⓘ