Mars canals

GPTKB entity

Statements (23)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf historical astronomical hypothesis
gptkbp:compatibleWith gptkb:Mariner_9
gptkb:Mariner_4
Viking orbiters
gptkbp:debunkedBy spacecraft imaging
improved telescopic observations
gptkbp:describedBy linear surface features observed on Mars in the late 19th and early 20th centuries
gptkbp:firstObserved 1877
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Mars canals
gptkbp:influenced public perception of Mars
science fiction about Mars
gptkbp:interpretedBy artificial structures
evidence of intelligent life
gptkbp:languageOfOrigin Italian 'canali' (channels)
gptkbp:misconception canals (artificial waterways)
gptkbp:observedBy telescopes
gptkbp:popularizedBy gptkb:Percival_Lowell
gptkbp:proposedBy gptkb:Giovanni_Schiaparelli
gptkbp:relatedTo Martian surface features
Martian civilization theories
gptkbp:status disproven
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Walter_Frederick_Gale
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6