Mensa

constellation in the southern celestial hemisphere
Place constellation Q9289
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Mensa

Summary

Mensa is a constellation[1]. Mensa draws 125 Wikipedia views per month (constellation category, ranking #65 of 85).[2]

Key Facts

  • Mensa is credited with the discovery of Nicolas Louis de Lacaille[3].
  • Mensa's image is recorded as Constellation Mensa.jpg[4].
  • Mensa's instance of is recorded as constellation[5].
  • Mensa's shares border with is recorded as Chamaeleon[6].
  • Mensa's shares border with is recorded as Dorado[7].
  • Mensa's shares border with is recorded as Hydrus[8].
  • Mensa's shares border with is recorded as Octans[9].
  • Mensa's shares border with is recorded as Volans[10].
  • Table Mountain is named after Mensa[11].
  • Mensa's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 967145856993622920921[12].
  • Mensa's GND ID is recorded as 1085661741[13].
  • Mensa's locator map image is recorded as Mensa constellation map.svg[14].
  • Mensa's part of is recorded as Southern Celestial Hemisphere[15].
  • Mensa's astronomic symbol image is recorded as Mensa symbol (Moskowitz, variable width).svg[16].
  • Mensa's Commons category is recorded as Mensa (constellation)[17].
  • Mensa's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1760-00-00T00:00:00Z[18].
  • Mensa's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0164f0[19].
  • Mensa's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Mensa (constellation)[20].
  • Mensa's Commons gallery is recorded as Mensa[21].
  • Mensa's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[22].
  • Mensa's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[23].
  • Mensa's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as place/Mensa[24].
  • Mensa's topic has template is recorded as Template:Mensa (constellation)[25].
  • Mensa's topic has template is recorded as Q10729130[26].
  • Mensa's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'la', 'text': 'Mensa'}[27].

Body

Geography

Mensa's part of is recorded as Southern Celestial Hemisphere[15].

Physical Characteristics

Mensa's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q254532', 'amount': '+153'}[28].

Designation and Status

Mensa's instance of is recorded as constellation[5].

History and Context

Table Mountain is named after Mensa[11].

Why It Matters

Mensa draws 125 Wikipedia views per month (constellation category, ranking #65 of 85).[2] Mensa has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] Mensa is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]

References

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

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . iau.org. Retrieved . iau.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] . wikidata.org.
  8. [3] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . 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] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . 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] . iau.org. iau.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [28] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [29] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [30] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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