Cepheid variable

type of variable star
Thing astronomical_object_type Q188593
Cepheid variable
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Cepheid variable

Summary

Cepheid variable is an astronomical object type[1]. It draws 490 Wikipedia views per month (astronomical_object_type category, ranking #54 of 289).[2]

Key Facts

  • Cepheid variable's image is recorded as Heic1323a -1243686232.jpg[3].
  • Cepheid variable's instance of is recorded as astronomical object type[4].
  • Delta Cephei is named after Cepheid variable[5].
  • Cepheid variable's GND ID is recorded as 4240327-3[6].
  • Cepheid variable's subclass of is recorded as pulsating variable star[7].
  • Cepheid variable's Commons category is recorded as Cepheid variables[8].
  • Cepheid variable's BNCF Thesaurus ID is recorded as 77195[9].
  • Cepheid variable's catalog code is recorded as CEP[10].
  • Cepheid variable's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/014xl0[11].
  • Cepheid variable's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Cepheid variables[12].
  • Cepheid variable's Dewey Decimal Classification is recorded as 523.84425[13].
  • Cepheid variable's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0089646[14].
  • Cepheid variable's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/Cepheid-variable[15].
  • Cepheid variable's BBC Things ID is recorded as 63be93ec-1dcc-4e4c-913b-2a215e0ee8eb[16].
  • Cepheid variable's different from is recorded as Beta Cephei variable[17].
  • Cepheid variable's Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID is recorded as 4676344[18].
  • Cepheid variable's Treccani ID is recorded as cefeidi[19].
  • Cepheid variable's JSTOR topic ID is recorded as cepheids[20].
  • Cepheid variable's Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID is recorded as kefeider[21].
  • Cepheid variable's Unified Astronomy Thesaurus ID is recorded as 218[22].
  • Cepheid variable's Elhuyar ZTH ID is recorded as 032060[23].
  • Cepheid variable's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[24].
  • Cepheid variable's Treccani Vocabulary ID is recorded as cefeide[25].
  • Cepheid variable's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 150739758[26].
  • Cepheid variable's De Agostini ID is recorded as cefèide[27].

Why It Matters

Cepheid variable draws 490 Wikipedia views per month (astronomical_object_type category, ranking #54 of 289).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 62 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  5. [7] . General Catalogue of Variable Stars. sai.msu.su. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
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  9. [11] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
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  14. [16] . BBC Things. wikidata.org.
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  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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