Dermott's law

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Dermott's law

Summary

Dermott's law is a physical law[1]. It draws 8 Wikipedia views per month (physical_law category, ranking #95 of 113).[2]

Key Facts

  • Dermott's law is credited with the discovery of Stanley F. Dermott[3].
  • Dermott's law's instance of is recorded as physical law[4].
  • Dermott's law's instance of is recorded as empirical relationship[5].
  • Dermott's law's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1960-00-00T00:00:00Z[6].
  • Dermott's law's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0dvfz9[7].
  • Dermott's law's facet of is recorded as celestial mechanics[8].
  • Dermott's law's computes solution to is recorded as orbital period[9].
  • Dermott's law's defining formula is recorded as T(n) = T(0) \cdot C^{n}[10].
  • Dermott's law's Wolfram Language entity code is recorded as Entity["PhysicalEffect", "DermottsLaw"][11].
  • Dermott's law's in defining formula is recorded as T(n)[12].

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Works and Contributions

Dermott's law is credited with the discovery of Stanley F. Dermott[3].

Why It Matters

Dermott's law draws 8 Wikipedia views per month (physical_law category, ranking #95 of 113).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
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  3. [3] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  5. [7] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  10. [12] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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