black hole

Summary

black hole is an astronomical object type^[1]. It ranks in the top 0.35% of astronomical_object_type entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (16,343 views/month, #1 of 289).^[2]

Key Facts

• black hole's video is recorded as NASA Black Hole Visualization Takes Viewers Beyond the Brink (SVS14576 BH Plunge Mollweide 8192x4096 60).webm^[3].
• black hole's image is recorded as Black hole - Messier 87 crop max res.jpg^[4].
• black hole's instance of is recorded as astronomical object type^[5].
• black hole's GND ID is recorded as 4053793-6^[6].
• black hole's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85014574^[7].
• black hole's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 11933630s^[8].
• black hole's IdRef ID is recorded as 027253430^[9].
• black hole's subclass of is recorded as massive compact halo object^[10].
• black hole's subclass of is recorded as compact object^[11].
• black hole's NDL Authority ID is recorded as 00561056^[12].
• black hole's part of is recorded as compact object^[13].
• black hole's Commons category is recorded as Black holes^[14].
• black hole's opposite of is recorded as white hole^[15].
• black hole's BNCF Thesaurus ID is recorded as 17881^[16].
• black hole's has part is recorded as firewall^[17].
• black hole's has part is recorded as event horizon^[18].
• black hole's has part is recorded as gravitational singularity^[19].
• black hole's has part is recorded as Soft hair^[20].
• black hole's has part is recorded as ergosphere^[21].
• black hole's has part is recorded as innermost stable circular orbit^[22].
• black hole's has part is recorded as photon sphere^[23].
• black hole's has part is recorded as Cauchy horizon^[24].
• black hole's has part is recorded as Shock singularity^[25].
• black hole's has part is recorded as mass inflation^[26].
• black hole's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01h1s^[27].

Body

Works and Contributions

Things named for black hole include white hole^[28], an astronomical object type^[29]; it cosmology^[30], a non-standard cosmology^[31]; blanet^[32], a scientific hypothesis^[33]; no-hair theorem^[34], a theorem^[35]; sonic it^[36], a physical phenomenon^[37]; and BlackCAT^[38], a space telescope^[39], in United States^[40].

Why It Matters

black hole ranks in the top 0.35% of astronomical_object_type entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (16,343 views/month, #1 of 289).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[41] It is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[42]

Entities named for it include white hole^[28], an astronomical object type^[29]; it cosmology^[30], a non-standard cosmology^[31]; blanet^[32], a scientific hypothesis^[33]; no-hair theorem^[34], a theorem^[35]; sonic it^[36], a physical phenomenon^[37]; and BlackCAT^[38], a space telescope^[39], in United States^[40].