Europa

Galilean moon of Jupiter
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Europa
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Europa is a moon of Jupiter. It orbits the planet within its extensive system of natural satellites.

The body was identified as one of Jupiter’s moons.

Europa

Summary

Europa is a moon of Jupiter[1]. Europa ranks in the top 1% of moon_of_jupiter entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,194 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Europa is credited with the discovery of Galileo Galilei[3].
  • Europa is credited with the discovery of Simon Marius[4].
  • Europa's image is recorded as Europa-moon.jpg[5].
  • Europa's instance of is recorded as moon of Jupiter[6].
  • Europa's instance of is recorded as regular moon[7].
  • Europa's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as University of Padua[8].
  • Europa is named after Europa[9].
  • Europa's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 241200489[10].
  • Europa's GND ID is recorded as 4456671-2[11].
  • Europa's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh97004538[12].
  • Europa's part of is recorded as Galilean moons[13].
  • Europa's has use is recorded as colonization of Europa[14].
  • Europa's astronomic symbol image is recorded as Europa moon symbol (fixed width).svg[15].
  • Europa's Commons category is recorded as Europa (moon)[16].
  • Europa's parent astronomical body is recorded as Jupiter[17].
  • Europa's has part is recorded as Q7885366[18].
  • Europa's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1610-01-08T00:00:00Z[19].
  • Europa's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0bv05[20].
  • Europa's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Europa (moon)[21].
  • Europa's Commons gallery is recorded as Europa (moon)[22].
  • Europa's spoken text audio is recorded as Hy-Եվրոպա (արբանյակ) (Europa (moon)).ogg[23].
  • Europa's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.009'}[24].
  • Europa's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+5.29'}[25].
  • Europa's OmegaWiki Defined Meaning is recorded as 366712[26].
  • Europa's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0025568[27].

Body

Works and Contributions

Credited discoveries include Galileo Galilei[3], an astronomer[28], 1564–1642[29], of Duchy of Florence[30], awarded the International Space Hall of Fame[31], specialised in astronomy[32] and Simon Marius[4], a mathematician[33], 1573–1624[34], of Principality of Ansbach[35], specialised in astronomy[36].

Why It Matters

Europa ranks in the top 1% of moon_of_jupiter entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,194 views/month).[2] Europa has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[37] Europa is known by 25 alternative names across languages and contexts.[38]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] . wikidata.org.
  5. [4] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Integrated Authority File. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Library of Congress Control Number. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [36] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [37] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [38] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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