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Cassegrain

lunar crater
Landform lunar_crater Q403116
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Cassegrain

Summary

Cassegrain is a lunar crater[1]. Cassegrain ranks in the top 4% of lunar_crater entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Cassegrain's instance of is recorded as lunar crater[3].
  • Cassegrain's instance of is recorded as impact crater[4].
  • Laurent Cassegrain is named after Cassegrain[5].
  • Cassegrain took place at LQ28[6].
  • Cassegrain's Commons category is recorded as Cassegrain (lunar crater)[7].
  • Cassegrain's located on astronomical body is recorded as Moon[8].
  • Cassegrain's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': -51.95, 'lon': 113.3}[9].
  • Cassegrain's diameter is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+56.66'}[10].

Body

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include lunar crater[3] and impact crater[4].

History and Context

Laurent Cassegrain is named after Cassegrain[5].

Why It Matters

Cassegrain ranks in the top 4% of lunar_crater entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8 views/month).[2] Cassegrain has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[11] Cassegrain is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[12]

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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [12] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Cassegrain. Retrieved October 5, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/cassegrain-q403116
MLA “Cassegrain.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 5 Oct. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/cassegrain-q403116.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_cassegrain-q403116_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Cassegrain}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/cassegrain-q403116}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-05}}
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  1. 6w ago · Debessis · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → lunar crater, impact crater
    Diameter → {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+56.66'}
    Named after → —
    Named after → Laurent Cassegrain
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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