CMB cold spot

Anomaly in the cosmic microwave background
Thing void Q2307936
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CMB cold spot

Summary

CMB cold spot is a void[1]. It draws 377 Wikipedia views per month (void category, ranking #3 of 8).[2]

Key Facts

  • CMB cold spot's image is recorded as ColdSpot.jpg[3].
  • CMB cold spot's instance of is recorded as void[4].
  • CMB cold spot's constellation is recorded as Eridanus[5].
  • CMB cold spot's Commons category is recorded as CMB cold spot[6].
  • CMB cold spot's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02z257k[7].
  • CMB cold spot's BBC Things ID is recorded as 53e0fa8e-11cf-457b-9089-97b1c7f8c605[8].
  • CMB cold spot's SIMBAD ID is recorded as NAME the Cold Spot[9].
  • CMB cold spot's Quora topic ID is recorded as CMB-Cold-Spot[10].
  • CMB cold spot's named by is recorded as cosmic microwave background[11].
  • CMB cold spot's right ascension is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+48.25'}[12].
  • CMB cold spot's declination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '-20.50'}[13].
  • CMB cold spot's epoch is recorded as J2000.0[14].
  • CMB cold spot's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 87485669[15].
  • CMB cold spot's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C87485669[16].

Why It Matters

CMB cold spot draws 377 Wikipedia views per month (void category, ranking #3 of 8).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] It is known by 19 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

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] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . BBC Things. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Quora. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Detection of a non-Gaussian spot in WMAP. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Detection of a non-Gaussian spot in WMAP. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Detection of a non-Gaussian spot in WMAP. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [18] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_cmb-cold-spot_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{CMB cold spot}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/cmb-cold-spot}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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