Mare Tranquilliton

Summary

Mare Tranquilliton is a lunar mare^[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of lunar_mare entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (574 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Mare Tranquilliton's image is recorded as Mare Tranquillitatis.jpg^[3].
• Mare Tranquilliton's instance of is recorded as lunar mare^[4].
• Mare Tranquilliton's location is recorded as LQ12^[5].
• Mare Tranquilliton's Commons category is recorded as Mare Tranquillitatis^[6].
• Mare Tranquilliton's located on astronomical body is recorded as Moon^[7].
• Mare Tranquilliton's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 8.35, 'lon': 30.83}^[8].
• Mare Tranquilliton's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01cmw3^[9].
• Mare Tranquilliton's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as science/Mare-Tranquillitatis^[10].
• Mare Tranquilliton's length is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+876'}^[11].
• Mare Tranquilliton's Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature ID is recorded as 3691^[12].
• Mare Tranquilliton's Quora topic ID is recorded as Sea-of-Tranquility^[13].

Body

Physical Characteristics

Mare Tranquilliton's length is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+876'}^[11].

Designation and Status

Mare Tranquilliton's instance of is recorded as lunar mare^[4].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Mare Tranquilliton include Statio Tranquillitatis^[14], a launch and/or landing site^[15] and tranquillityite^[16], a mineral species^[17].

Why It Matters

Mare Tranquilliton ranks in the top 5% of lunar_mare entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (574 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[18] It is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[19]

Entities named for it include Statio Tranquillitatis^[14], a launch and/or landing site^[15] and tranquillityite^[16], a mineral species^[17].