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Somnium

1634 novel by Johannes Kepler
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Somnium

Summary

Somnium is a literary work[1]. Somnium ranks in the top 4% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (265 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Somnium authored Johannes Kepler[3].
  • Somnium's instance of is recorded as literary work[4].
  • Somnium's genre is science fiction[5].
  • Somnium's language of work or name is recorded as Neo-Latin[6].
  • Somnium's country of origin is recorded as Holy Roman Empire[7].
  • Somnium was published on +1634-00-00T00:00:00Z[8].
  • Somnium's title is recorded as {'lang': 'la', 'text': 'Somnivm, seu opvs posthvmvm de astronomia lvnari'}[9].
  • Somnium's copyright status is recorded as public domain[10].
  • Somnium's copyright status is recorded as public domain[11].
  • Somnium's form of creative work is recorded as novel[12].

Body

Authorship and Creation

Somnium authored Johannes Kepler[3].

Publication

Somnium was published on +1634-00-00T00:00:00Z[8]. Somnium's language of work or name is recorded as Neo-Latin[6]. Somnium's genre is science fiction[5].

Why It Matters

Somnium ranks in the top 4% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (265 views/month).[2] Somnium has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] Somnium is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

Related Entities

Holy Roman Empire Johannes Kepler literary work public domain

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . 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.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 12d ago · KaleemBot bot · 2026-05-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Genre → —
    Author → Johannes Kepler
    Instance of → literary work
    Form of creative work → novel
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