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Foucault

lunar crater
Landform lunar_crater Q128099
Foucault
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Foucault

Summary

Foucault is a lunar crater[1]. Foucault ranks in the top 4% of lunar_crater entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Foucault's instance of is recorded as lunar crater[3].
  • Léon Foucault is named after Foucault[4].
  • Foucault took place at LQ04[5].
  • Foucault's Commons category is recorded as Foucault (crater)[6].
  • Foucault's located on astronomical body is recorded as Moon[7].
  • Foucault's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 50.46, 'lon': -39.86}[8].
  • Foucault's diameter is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+25.1'}[9].
  • Foucault's vertical depth is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+2100'}[10].

Body

Designation and Status

Foucault's instance of is recorded as lunar crater[3].

History and Context

Léon Foucault is named after Foucault[4].

Why It Matters

Foucault ranks in the top 4% of lunar_crater entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).[2] Foucault has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[11] Foucault is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[12]

Related Entities

Léon Foucault

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] ↑ . Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [12] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 2d ago · Debessis · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Coordinate location → {'lat': 50.46, 'lon': -39.86}
    Instance of → lunar crater
    Aliases → —
    Vertical depth → {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+2100'}
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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