right ascension

Summary

right ascension ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (375 views/month).^[1]

Key Facts

• right ascension's GND ID is recorded as 4177661-6^[2].
• right ascension's subclass of is recorded as angular measure^[3].
• right ascension's part of is recorded as second equatorial coordinate system^[4].
• right ascension's opposite of is recorded as declination^[5].
• right ascension's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/06hlf^[6].
• right ascension's PSH ID is recorded as 335^[7].
• right ascension's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[8].
• right ascension's described by source is recorded as The New Student's Reference Work^[9].
• right ascension's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[10].
• right ascension's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as science/right-ascension^[11].
• right ascension's topic has template is recorded as Template:RA^[12].
• right ascension's main Wikidata property is recorded as P6257^[13].
• right ascension's Treccani ID is recorded as ascensione-retta^[14].
• right ascension's JSTOR topic ID is recorded as right-ascension^[15].
• right ascension's ISQ dimension is recorded as 1^[16].
• right ascension's Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID is recorded as rektascensjon^[17].
• right ascension's Unified Astronomy Thesaurus ID is recorded as 1399^[18].
• right ascension's Elhuyar ZTH ID is recorded as 136046^[19].
• right ascension's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4^[20].
• right ascension's lower limit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+0'}^[21].
• right ascension's lower limit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q116443090', 'amount': '+0'}^[22].
• right ascension's upper limit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+360'}^[23].
• right ascension's upper limit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q116443090', 'amount': '+24'}^[24].
• right ascension's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 85033227^[25].
• right ascension's Wolfram Language quantity ID is recorded as RightAscension^[26].

Why It Matters

right ascension ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (375 views/month).^[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[27] It is known by 18 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[28]