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Buffon

lunar crater
Landform lunar_crater Q2927659
Buffon
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Buffon

Summary

Buffon is a lunar crater[1]. Buffon ranks in the top 4% of lunar_crater entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Buffon's instance of is recorded as lunar crater[3].
  • Buffon's instance of is recorded as impact crater[4].
  • Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon is named after Buffon[5].
  • The location of Buffon was LQ24[6].
  • Buffon's Commons category is recorded as Buffon (crater)[7].
  • Buffon's located on astronomical body is recorded as Moon[8].
  • Buffon's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': -40.64, 'lon': -133.53}[9].
  • Buffon's diameter is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+106'}[10].

Body

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include lunar crater[3] and impact crater[4].

History and Context

Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon is named after Buffon[5].

Why It Matters

Buffon ranks in the top 4% of lunar_crater entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8 views/month).[2] Buffon has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[11]

Related Entities

Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Buffon. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/buffon-q2927659
MLA “Buffon.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/buffon-q2927659.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_buffon-q2927659_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Buffon}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/buffon-q2927659}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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  1. 5w ago · Debessis · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Coordinate location → {'lat': -40.64, 'lon': -133.53}
    Instance of → lunar crater, impact crater
    Aliases → —
    Named after → —
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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