absolute magnitude

logarithmic measure of the luminosity of a celestial object
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absolute magnitude

Summary

absolute magnitude ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (411 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • absolute magnitude's GND ID is recorded as 4454575-7[2].
  • absolute magnitude's subclass of is recorded as dimensionless quantity[3].
  • absolute magnitude's subclass of is recorded as magnitude[4].
  • absolute magnitude's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0vnn[5].
  • absolute magnitude's OmegaWiki Defined Meaning is recorded as 1011864[6].
  • absolute magnitude's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0192213[7].
  • absolute magnitude's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/absolute-magnitude[8].
  • absolute magnitude's main Wikidata property is recorded as P1457[9].
  • absolute magnitude's defining formula is recorded as M=m-5 \lg \frac{d}{d_0}[10].
  • absolute magnitude's Quora topic ID is recorded as Absolute-Magnitude-1[11].
  • absolute magnitude's JSTOR topic ID is recorded as absolute-magnitude[12].
  • absolute magnitude's ISQ dimension is recorded as 1[13].
  • absolute magnitude's Unified Astronomy Thesaurus ID is recorded as 10[14].
  • absolute magnitude's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[15].
  • absolute magnitude's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Mathematics[16].
  • absolute magnitude's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 50693072[17].
  • absolute magnitude's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2777854942[18].
  • absolute magnitude's Wolfram Language quantity ID is recorded as AbsoluteMagnitude[19].
  • absolute magnitude's quantity symbol is recorded as M[20].
  • absolute magnitude's WordNet 3.1 Synset ID is recorded as 05098183-n[21].
  • absolute magnitude's MetaSat ID is recorded as absoluteMagnitude[22].
  • absolute magnitude's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C50693072[23].
  • absolute magnitude's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as magnitud-absoluta[24].

Why It Matters

absolute magnitude ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (411 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[25] It is known by 39 alternative names across languages and contexts.[26]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . wikidata.org.
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  22. [23] . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [24] . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [25] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [26] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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