Home › Entities › general › facula

facula

bright spot
Thing general Q128952
Press Enter · cited answer in seconds

facula

Summary

facula ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (67 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • facula is credited with the discovery of Christoph Scheiner[2].
  • facula is a type of region[3].
  • facula is part of planetary nomenclature[4].
  • facula's Commons category is recorded as Faculae[5].
  • facula's Commons category is recorded as Solar faculae[6].
  • facula's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Faculae[7].
  • facula's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[8].

Body

Definition and Type

facula is a type of region[3].

Use and Application

facula is part of planetary nomenclature[4].

Why It Matters

facula ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (67 views/month).[1] facula has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[9] facula is known by 19 alternative names across languages and contexts.[10]

Related Entities

Christoph Scheiner

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . A Short History of Astronomy. wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [9] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [10] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

📑 Cite this page

Use these citations when quoting this entity in research, articles, AI prompts, or wherever provenance matters. We aggregate Wikidata + Wikipedia + authoritative open-data sources; the stitched, scored, cross-referenced view is what 4ort.xyz contributes.

APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). facula. Retrieved April 10, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/facula
MLA “facula.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 10 Apr. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/facula.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_facula_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{facula}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/facula}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
LLM prompt According to 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph (aggregator of Wikidata, Wikipedia, and authoritative open-data sources): facula — https://4ort.xyz/entity/facula (retrieved 2026-04-10)

Canonical URL: https://4ort.xyz/entity/facula · Last refreshed:

Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 8d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main category → Category:Faculae
    Subclass of → region
    Discoverer or inventor → Christoph Scheiner
    Part of → planetary nomenclature
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|1 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007548496105171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
Live feed via Wikidata EventStreams. New edits appear within minutes of being made on Wikidata.