Palus Putredinis

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Palus Putredinis is a small lunar plain of basaltic lava located in the northeastern part of Mare Imbrium on the Moon.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Palus Putredinis canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (25)

Predicate Object
instanceOf basaltic plain
lunar mare feature
lunar plain
albedoType low-albedo mare surface
belongsTo Imbrium basin geological province
celestialBodyType lunar surface feature
featureCategory palus (marsh) on the Moon
geologicalContext mare basalt province
hasGeologicalAge Imbrian period (approximate)
linked to: Imbrian period
hasLatinNameMeaning Marsh of Decay
hasTerrainType relatively smooth plain
isDarkerThan adjacent lunar highlands
isNamedIn IAU nomenclature for lunar features
isObservedBy Apollo missions
linked to: Apollo program

lunar orbiters
lunar telescopic observations from Earth
isOnHemisphere Earth-facing hemisphere of the Moon
isSmallerThan Mare Imbrium
isSurroundedBy highland terrain
locatedIn Mare Imbrium
locatedInRegion northeastern Mare Imbrium
linked to: Mare Humboldtianum
locatedOn Moon
partOf near side of the Moon
surfaceComposition basaltic lava
surfaceMaterial solidified lava flows

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

Palus Putredinis vicinity adjacentTo Palus Putredinis
Apennine Front overlooks Palus Putredinis