Aristarchus

crater on the Moon
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Aristarchus
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Aristarchus

Summary

Aristarchus is an impact crater[1]. Aristarchus ranks in the top 2% of impact_crater entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (86 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Aristarchus is credited with the discovery of Johannes Hevelius[3].
  • Aristarchus's image is recorded as Aristarchus crater 4150 h3.jpg[4].
  • Aristarchus's instance of is recorded as impact crater[5].
  • Aristarchus of Samos is named after Aristarchus[6].
  • Aristarchus's location is recorded as LQ10[7].
  • Aristarchus's Commons category is recorded as Aristarchus (crater)[8].
  • Aristarchus's located on astronomical body is recorded as Moon[9].
  • Aristarchus's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1645-00-00T00:00:00Z[10].
  • Aristarchus's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 23.73, 'lon': -47.49}[11].
  • Aristarchus's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02xtxh[12].
  • Aristarchus's diameter is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+40'}[13].
  • Aristarchus's Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature ID is recorded as 380[14].
  • Aristarchus's vertical depth is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+3150'}[15].
  • Aristarchus's Interlingual Index ID is recorded as i85014[16].
  • Aristarchus's WordNet 3.1 Synset ID is recorded as 09229177-n[17].
  • Aristarchus's Yale LUX ID is recorded as place/25e5c60c-8bbd-4be5-947e-327d64b90341[18].

Body

Designation and Status

Aristarchus's instance of is recorded as impact crater[5].

History and Context

Aristarchus of Samos is named after Aristarchus[6].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Aristarchus include Rimae Aristarchus[19], a rille[20].

Why It Matters

Aristarchus ranks in the top 2% of impact_crater entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (86 views/month).[2] Aristarchus has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21]

Entities named for Aristarchus include Rimae Aristarchus[19], a rille[20].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Atlas of the Lunar Terminator. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [19] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [20] . 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. [21] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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