accretion

astrophysical process in which matter gravitationally collects into a massive object
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accretion

Summary

accretion is an astronomical phenomenon[1]. accretion draws 438 Wikipedia views per month (astronomical_phenomenon category, ranking #3 of 28).[2]

Key Facts

  • accretion's image is recorded as HL Tau protoplanetary disk.jpg[3].
  • accretion's instance of is recorded as astronomical phenomenon[4].
  • accretion's subclass of is recorded as astrophysical process[5].
  • accretion's subclass of is recorded as creation[6].
  • accretion's subclass of is recorded as accretion[7].
  • accretion's pronunciation audio is recorded as LL-Q188 (deu)-Michael Schoenitzer (MichaelSchoenitzer)-Akkretion.wav[8].
  • accretion's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/025ryfq[9].
  • accretion's has cause is recorded as gravity[10].
  • accretion's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0155534[11].
  • accretion's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as science/accretion[12].
  • accretion's immediate cause of is recorded as planetesimal[13].
  • accretion's has effect is recorded as Hadean[14].
  • accretion's has effect is recorded as accretion disc[15].
  • accretion's Unified Astronomy Thesaurus ID is recorded as 14[16].
  • accretion's Online PWN Encyclopedia ID is recorded as 3866937[17].
  • accretion's Lex ID is recorded as accretion[18].
  • accretion's WordNet 3.1 Synset ID is recorded as 13446598-n[19].
  • accretion's Encyclopedia of China is recorded as 146952[20].
  • accretion's Great Russian Encyclopedia portal ID is recorded as akkretsiia-v-astronomii-b202b8[21].
  • accretion's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as acrecio[22].

Why It Matters

accretion draws 438 Wikipedia views per month (astronomical_phenomenon category, ranking #3 of 28).[2] accretion has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23] accretion is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[24]

accretion has been cited as an influence by planetesimal[25], an astronomical object type[26].

FAQs

Who did accretion influence?

accretion has been cited as an influence by planetesimal[25].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . lingualibre.fr. lingualibre.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [25] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [26] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [23] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [24] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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