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bullet cluster

Summary

bullet cluster is a galaxy cluster[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of galaxy_cluster entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (384 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • bullet cluster's image is recorded as 1e0657 scale.jpg[3].
  • bullet cluster's image is recorded as Bullet Cluster with DECam (noirlab2603a).jpg[4].
  • bullet cluster's instance of is recorded as galaxy cluster[5].
  • bullet cluster's constellation is recorded as Carina[6].
  • bullet is named after bullet cluster[7].
  • bullet cluster's Commons category is recorded as Bullet Cluster[8].
  • bullet cluster's catalog code is recorded as 1ES 0657-55.8[9].
  • bullet cluster's catalog code is recorded as 1RXS J065830.3-555702[10].
  • bullet cluster's catalog code is recorded as XMMXCS J065829.1-555641.5[11].
  • bullet cluster's catalog code is recorded as [DBG99] 69[12].
  • bullet cluster's catalog code is recorded as RX J0658.5-5557[13].
  • bullet cluster's catalog code is recorded as RX J0658.4-5557[14].
  • bullet cluster's catalog code is recorded as PBC J0658.4-5553[15].
  • bullet cluster's catalog code is recorded as MCXC J0658.5-5556[16].
  • bullet cluster's catalog code is recorded as 2MAXI J0656-560[17].
  • bullet cluster's catalog code is recorded as PSZ2 G266.04-21.25[18].
  • bullet cluster's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2004-00-00T00:00:00Z[19].
  • bullet cluster's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0g775t[20].
  • bullet cluster's redshift is recorded as {'amount': '+0.296000'}[21].
  • bullet cluster's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/Bullet-cluster[22].
  • bullet cluster's radial velocity is recorded as {'unit': 'Q3674704', 'amount': '+76035'}[23].
  • bullet cluster's distance from Earth is recorded as {'unit': 'Q14916719', 'amount': '+1.141'}[24].
  • bullet cluster's SIMBAD ID is recorded as ClG 0657-56[25].
  • bullet cluster's Quora topic ID is recorded as Bullet-Cluster[26].
  • bullet cluster's nLab ID is recorded as bullet cluster[27].

Why It Matters

bullet cluster ranks in the top 6% of galaxy_cluster entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (384 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

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] ↑ . NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. Retrieved . ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. Retrieved . ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . Optical spectroscopy and velocity dispersions of galaxy clusters from the SPT-SZ survey. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved . ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . Quora. wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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