Descartes

Summary

Descartes is an impact crater^[1]. Descartes ranks in the top 5% of impact_crater entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (33 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Descartes's image is recorded as Descartes crater LRO WAC.jpg^[3].
• Descartes's instance of is recorded as impact crater^[4].
• Descartes's instance of is recorded as lunar crater^[5].
• René Descartes is named after Descartes^[6].
• Descartes's location is recorded as LQ20^[7].
• Descartes's Commons category is recorded as Descartes (crater)^[8].
• Descartes's located on astronomical body is recorded as Moon^[9].
• Descartes's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': -11.74, 'lon': 15.67}^[10].
• Descartes's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y18g^[11].
• Descartes's diameter is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+47.7'}^[12].
• Descartes's Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature ID is recorded as 1498^[13].
• Descartes's vertical depth is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+850'}^[14].
• Descartes's Wolfram Language entity code is recorded as Entity["SolarSystemFeature", "DescartesMoon"]^[15].

Body

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include impact crater^[4] and lunar crater^[5].

History and Context

René Descartes is named after Descartes^[6].

Why It Matters

Descartes ranks in the top 5% of impact_crater entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (33 views/month).^[2] Descartes has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[16] Descartes is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[17]