Crux
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Summary
Crux is a constellation[1]. Crux ranks in the top 5% of constellation entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9,550 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Discoverer or inventor: Petrus Plancius[3], Emery Molyneux[4]
- Shares border with: Centaurus[5], Musca[6]
- Named after: cross[7]
- Part of: Southern Celestial Hemisphere[8]
- Commons category: Crux (constellation)[9]
- Inception: 1590[10]
- Topic's main category: Category:Crux[11]
- Commons gallery: Crux[12]
- Described by source: Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[13], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[14], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[15], Collier's New Encyclopedia, 1921[16], The New Student's Reference Work[17], New International Encyclopedia[18], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[19], Small Soviet Encyclopedia[20], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[21]
- Topic has template: Template:Stars of Crux[22]
- Official name: Crux[23]
- Native label: Southern Cross[24], Kreuz des Südens[25], Южный Крест[26], Zuiderkruis[27], Krzyż Południa[28]
- Short name: Cru[29]
- Different from: Croix du Sud[30]
- Area: 100 square degree[31]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[32]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Crux include Cruzeiro E.C.[33], an association football club[34], in Brazil[35], founded in 1921[36], headquartered in Belo Horizonte[37]; Order of the Southern Cross[38], an order[39], in Brazil[40], founded in 1932[41]; Southern Cross[42], a railway station[43], in Australia[44], founded in 1859[45]; Acrux[46], a star[47]; Cruzeiro do Sul[48], a municipality of Brazil[49], in Brazil[50], founded in 1904[51]; Brazilian cruzeiro[52], in Brazil[53]; cruzeiro[54], an obsolete currency[55], in Brazil[56], founded in 1990[57]; and Serviços Aéreos Cruzeiro do Sul[58], a business[59], in Brazil[60], founded in 1927[61], headquartered in Rio de Janeiro[62].
Why It Matters
Crux has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[63] Crux is known by 41 alternative names across languages and contexts.[64]
Entities named for Crux include Cruzeiro E.C.[33], an association football club[34], in Brazil[35], founded in 1921[36], headquartered in Belo Horizonte[37]; Order of the Southern Cross[38], an order[39], in Brazil[40], founded in 1932[41]; Southern Cross[42], a railway station[43], in Australia[44], founded in 1859[45]; Acrux[46], a star[47]; Cruzeiro do Sul[48], a municipality of Brazil[49], in Brazil[50], founded in 1904[51]; and Brazilian cruzeiro[52], in Brazil[53].