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impact crater

circular depression in a solid astronomical body formed by the impact of a smaller object
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impact crater
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Summary

impact crater is an astronomical object type[1]. It draws 5,748 Wikipedia views per month (astronomical object type category, ranking #48 of 289).[2]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: crater[3]
  • Part of: planetary nomenclature[4]
  • Commons category: Impact craters[5]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Impact craters[6]
  • Commons gallery: Impact crater[7]
  • OpenStreetMap tag: geological=meteor_crater[8]
  • Topic has template: Template:Infobox crater[9]
  • Different from: volcanic crater[10], explosion crater[11], crater[12]
  • Has part(s) of the class: Impact Melt Rock[13]
  • Exact match: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01001071[14]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[15]
  • Model item: Meteor Crater[16]
  • P14541: 1iktED[17]

Why It Matters

impact crater has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] It is known by 56 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

Related Entities

Craters from Impacts and Explosions: Lunar Cratering Ganymede crater database

References

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

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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . Environment Ontology. Retrieved . raw.githubusercontent.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . spaceplace.nasa.gov. spaceplace.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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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. 4d ago · عُثمان · 2026-10-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Environment ontology id → 01001071, 00000310
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'als', 'ar', 'ast', 'az', 'be', 'be_x_old', 'bg', 'bn', 'br', 'bs', 'ca',
    Sitelink count → 74
    Different from → volcanic crater, explosion crater, crater
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Environment ontology id: 00000310, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/143354012|meteor impact crater (#143354012)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/5484|Envir"
  2. 14w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 1iktED
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  3. 18w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Local thumb → —
    Svkkl authority id → 0264916-meteoricke-kratery
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0264916-meteoricke-kratery, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259496|batch #259496]]"
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