Democritus

impact crater on the northern part of the Moon, just to the north of Mare Frigoris
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Democritus
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Democritus

Summary

Democritus is an impact crater[1]. Democritus ranks in the top 6% of impact_crater entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Democritus's image is recorded as Democritus lunar crater map.jpg[3].
  • Democritus's image is recorded as Lunar crater Democritus.png[4].
  • Democritus's instance of is recorded as impact crater[5].
  • Democritus is named after Democritus[6].
  • Democritus's location is recorded as LQ05[7].
  • Democritus's Commons category is recorded as Democritus (crater)[8].
  • Democritus's located on astronomical body is recorded as Moon[9].
  • Democritus's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 62.31, 'lon': 34.99}[10].
  • Democritus's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0433_v[11].
  • Democritus's diameter is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+37.78'}[12].
  • Democritus's Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature ID is recorded as 1483[13].

Body

Designation and Status

Democritus's instance of is recorded as impact crater[5].

History and Context

Democritus is named after Democritus[6].

Why It Matters

Democritus ranks in the top 6% of impact_crater entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).[2] Democritus has Wikipedia articles in 9 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] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. 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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