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dwarf planet

planetary-mass object in hydrostatic equilibrium which is not a satellite of another one, but which has still not significantly cleared its neighborhood to dominate it gravitationally and maintain its cohesion
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Summary

dwarf planet is an astronomical object type[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of astronomical object type entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (12,355 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: minor planet[3], planetary-mass object[4]
  • Commons category: Dwarf planets of the Solar System[5]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Dwarf planets[6]
  • Topic has template: Template:Dwarf planets[7]
  • Different from: minor planet[8], possible dwarf planet[9]
  • Studied by: planetary science[10]
  • Exact match: https://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01000808/[11]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[12]

Why It Matters

dwarf planet has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] It is known by 37 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

Related Entities

planetary science

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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Environment Ontology. Retrieved . raw.githubusercontent.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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