Sea of Knowledge

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Sea of Knowledge is the English translation of the Latin lunar mare name "Mare Cognitum," a basaltic plain on the Moon’s near side formed by ancient volcanic activity.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Sea of Knowledge canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf astronomical object ⓘ
basaltic plain ⓘ
lunar mare ⓘ
surface feature of the Moon ⓘ
belongsToBody Earth–Moon system ⓘ
belongsToCategory Lunar plains ⓘ
Maria of the Moon ⓘ
Volcanic plains in the Solar System ⓘ
formedBy ancient volcanic activity ⓘ
geologicalAge Imbrian period ⓘ
hasAlbedo low albedo ⓘ
hasEnglishName Sea of Knowledge ⓘ
hasEponymMeaning Sea of Knowledge ⓘ
hasFeatureType mare ⓘ
hasGeologicUnitType mare basalt unit ⓘ
hasLanguageOfName Latin ⓘ
hasLatinName Mare Cognitum ⓘ
hasMorphology relatively smooth surface ⓘ
hasNameTranslationLanguage English ⓘ
hasOrbitalImageryFrom Clementine mission ⓘ
Lunar Orbiter program ⓘ
Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter ⓘ
hasRelativeElevation lower than surrounding highlands ⓘ
hasScientificInterest impact basin evolution ⓘ
lunar stratigraphy ⓘ
lunar volcanism ⓘ
hasSurfaceProcess impact cratering ⓘ
lava flooding ⓘ
isDarkerThan lunar highlands ⓘ
isPartOf lunar nearside maria ⓘ
isSmallerThan Oceanus Procellarum ⓘ
isTargetOf lunar mapping ⓘ
lunar observation ⓘ
remote sensing studies ⓘ
locatedOn Moon ⓘ
locatedOnHemisphere near side of the Moon ⓘ
neighboringFeature Fra Mauro formation ⓘ
Mare Insularum ⓘ
Mare Nubium ⓘ
Oceanus Procellarum ⓘ
observedFrom Earth ⓘ
surfaceComposition basalt ⓘ
surfaceType basaltic plain ⓘ
visibleTo naked eye ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

Mare Cognitum → nameMeaning → Sea of Knowledge ⓘ
Sea of Knowledge → hasEnglishName → Sea of Knowledge ⓘ
Sea of Knowledge → hasEponymMeaning → Sea of Knowledge ⓘ