standard candle
one of several types of star with common characteristics that may be used to calculate the distance to celestial bodies
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standard candle
Summary
standard candle is a concept[1]. It draws 37 Wikipedia views per month (concept category, ranking #329 of 912).[2]
Key Facts
- standard candle's instance of is recorded as concept[3].
- standard candle's subclass of is recorded as class[4].
- standard candle's subclass of is recorded as technical standard[5].
- standard candle's part of is recorded as cosmic distance ladder[6].
- standard candle's has use is recorded as measurement[7].
- standard candle's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Standard candles[8].
- standard candle's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as science/Standard-Candle[9].
- standard candle's has characteristic is recorded as distance[10].
- standard candle's defining formula is recorded as 5 \cdot \log_{10} D = m - M - 10[11].
- standard candle's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/120rr5d4[12].
- standard candle's Unified Astronomy Thesaurus ID is recorded as 1563[13].
- standard candle's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Mathematics[14].
- standard candle's is metaclass for is recorded as star[15].
Why It Matters
standard candle draws 37 Wikipedia views per month (concept category, ranking #329 of 912).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] It is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]