Clavius

lunar impact crater
Place impact_crater Q1099137
Clavius
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Clavius

Summary

Clavius is an impact crater[1]. Clavius ranks in the top 2% of impact_crater entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (132 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Clavius's image is recorded as Clavius LROC.jpg[3].
  • Clavius's instance of is recorded as impact crater[4].
  • Christopher Clavius is named after Clavius[5].
  • Clavius's location is recorded as LQ26[6].
  • Clavius's Commons category is recorded as Clavius (crater)[7].
  • Clavius's located on astronomical body is recorded as Moon[8].
  • Clavius's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': -58.62, 'lon': -14.73}[9].
  • Clavius's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03tj70[10].
  • Clavius's diameter is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+230.77'}[11].
  • Clavius's Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature ID is recorded as 1236[12].
  • Clavius's vertical depth is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+3500'}[13].

Body

Designation and Status

Clavius's instance of is recorded as impact crater[4].

History and Context

Christopher Clavius is named after Clavius[5].

Why It Matters

Clavius ranks in the top 2% of impact_crater entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (132 views/month).[2] Clavius has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14]

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.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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