Lunar near side

GPTKB entity

Statements (108)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf region of the Moon
gptkbp:averageDistanceFromEarth 384,400 km
gptkbp:characterizedBy fewer craters than far side
large maria
gptkbp:contains gptkb:Mare_Imbrium
gptkb:Mare_Smythii
gptkb:Mare_Marginis
gptkb:Mare_Insularum
gptkb:Mare_Humorum
gptkb:Mare_Tranquillitatis
gptkb:Oceanus_Procellarum
gptkb:Mare_Australe
gptkb:Nectaris_Basin
gptkb:Tranquillitatis_Basin
gptkb:Crisium_Basin
gptkb:Mare_Crisium
gptkb:Mare_Fecunditatis
gptkb:Mare_Vaporum
gptkb:Mare_Undarum
gptkb:Mare_Serenitatis
gptkb:Mare_Frigoris
gptkb:Imbrium_Basin
gptkb:Mare_Nectaris
gptkb:Craters_Aristarchus
gptkb:Craters_Copernicus
gptkb:Craters_Kepler
gptkb:Serenitatis_Basin
gptkb:Mare_Cognitum
gptkb:Mare_Nubium
gptkb:Mare_Anguis
gptkb:Mare_Spumans
Craters Alphonsus
Craters Archimedes
Craters Aristillus
Craters Autolycus
Craters Bessel
Craters Bettinus
Craters Billy
Craters Blancanus
Craters Cassini
Craters Censorinus
Craters Clavius
Craters Dawes
Craters Dionysius
Craters Endymion
Craters Eratosthenes
Craters Eudoxus
Craters Gassendi
Craters Grimaldi
Craters Hansteen
Craters Hell
Craters Herschel
Craters Hipparchus
Craters Humboldt
Craters Kircher
Craters Lambert
Craters Langrenus
Craters Lexell
Craters Longomontanus
Craters Maginus
Craters Manilius
Craters Maskelyne
Craters Menelaus
Craters Mersenius
Craters Moretus
Craters Orontius
Craters Petavius
Craters Picard
Craters Plato
Craters Posidonius
Craters Proclus
Craters Ptolemaeus
Craters Pytheas
Craters Ritter
Craters Sabine
Craters Saussure
Craters Scheiner
Craters Schickard
Craters Schiller
Craters Street
Craters Taruntius
Craters Theaetetus
Craters Theophilus
Craters Timocharis
Craters Tycho
Craters Wargentin
Craters Wilhelm
Craters Wilson
Craters Zucchius
Mare Moscoviense (partially)
gptkbp:explores gptkb:Apollo_missions
gptkb:Chang'e_missions
gptkb:Luna_missions
gptkb:Surveyor_missions
gptkbp:firstPhotographedBy Earth-based telescopes
gptkbp:hasViewOf gptkb:Earth
gptkbp:hemisphere facing Earth
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Lunar near side
gptkbp:notableFeature asymmetry in maria distribution
more volcanic activity than far side
thinner crust than far side
gptkbp:opposedBy gptkb:Lunar_far_side
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Moon
gptkbp:surfaceCoverage about 59% of the Moon's surface
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Fra_Mauro_crater
gptkb:Copernicus_S
gptkb:Bonpland_E
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7