Riccioli

Summary

Riccioli is an impact crater^[1]. Riccioli ranks in the top 6% of impact_crater entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Riccioli's image is recorded as Grimaldi + Riccioli - LROC - WAC.JPG^[3].
• Riccioli's instance of is recorded as impact crater^[4].
• Riccioli's instance of is recorded as Q2542653^[5].
• Giovanni Battista Riccioli is named after Riccioli^[6].
• Riccioli's location is recorded as LQ18^[7].
• Riccioli's Commons category is recorded as Riccioli (crater)^[8].
• Riccioli's located on astronomical body is recorded as Moon^[9].
• Riccioli's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': -2.9, 'lon': -74.42}^[10].
• Riccioli's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03tvlj^[11].
• Riccioli's located in/on physical feature is recorded as Oceanus Procellarum^[12].
• Riccioli's diameter is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+156'}^[13].
• Riccioli's Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature ID is recorded as 5022^[14].

Body

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include impact crater^[4] and Q2542653^[5].

History and Context

Giovanni Battista Riccioli is named after Riccioli^[6].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Riccioli include Rimae Riccioli^[15], a rille^[16].

Why It Matters

Riccioli ranks in the top 6% of impact_crater entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9 views/month).^[2] Riccioli has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[17]

Entities named for Riccioli include Rimae Riccioli^[15], a rille^[16].