CMB cold spot

Anomaly in the cosmic microwave background
Thing void Q2307936
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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': 'degree', 'amount': '+48.25'}[12].
  • CMB cold spot's declination is recorded as {'unit': 'degree', '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

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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] ↑ . 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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