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1783 Great Meteor

unusually bright bolide observed on August 18, 1783
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1783 Great Meteor

Summary

1783 Great Meteor is a bolide[1]. It draws 26 Wikipedia views per month (bolide category, ranking #2 of 5).[2]

Key Facts

  • 1783 Great Meteor's image is recorded as Paul Sandby - The Meteor of August 18, 1783, as seen from the East Angle of the North Terrace, Windsor Castle - Google Art Project.jpg[3].
  • 1783 Great Meteor's instance of is recorded as bolide[4].
  • 1783 Great Meteor's location is recorded as British Isles[5].
  • 1783 Great Meteor's point in time is recorded as +1783-08-18T00:00:00Z[6].
  • 1783 Great Meteor's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0crgqj4[7].

Why It Matters

1783 Great Meteor draws 26 Wikipedia views per month (bolide category, ranking #2 of 5).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[8]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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