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Draco Dwarf

spheroidal galaxy which was discovered by Albert George Wilson of Lowell Observatory in 1954
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Draco Dwarf
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Draco Dwarf

Summary

Draco Dwarf is a dwarf spheroidal galaxy[1]. It draws 44 Wikipedia views per month (dwarf_spheroidal_galaxy category, ranking #4 of 20).[2]

Key Facts

  • Draco Dwarf is credited with the discovery of Albert George Wilson[3].
  • Draco Dwarf's image is recorded as PGC 60095 Draco Dwarf Hubble WikiSky.jpg[4].
  • Draco Dwarf's instance of is recorded as dwarf spheroidal galaxy[5].
  • Draco Dwarf's instance of is recorded as galaxy[6].
  • Draco Dwarf's constellation is recorded as Draco[7].
  • Draco Dwarf's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Lowell Observatory[8].
  • Draco Dwarf's galaxy morphological type is recorded as dSphun[9].
  • Draco Dwarf's part of is recorded as Local Group[10].
  • Draco Dwarf's part of is recorded as Q67796371[11].
  • Draco Dwarf's part of is recorded as Milky Way subgroup[12].
  • Draco Dwarf's Commons category is recorded as Draco Dwarf[13].
  • Draco Dwarf's parent astronomical body is recorded as Milky Way[14].
  • Draco Dwarf's catalog code is recorded as PGC 60095[15].
  • Draco Dwarf's catalog code is recorded as DDO 208[16].
  • Draco Dwarf's catalog code is recorded as LEDA 60095[17].
  • Draco Dwarf's catalog code is recorded as SDSS J172014.33+575516.3[18].
  • Draco Dwarf's catalog code is recorded as UGC 10822[19].
  • Draco Dwarf's catalog code is recorded as UZC J172013.3+575508[20].
  • Draco Dwarf's catalog code is recorded as Anon 1719+57[21].
  • Draco Dwarf's catalog code is recorded as MCG+10-25-008[22].
  • Draco Dwarf's catalog code is recorded as Z 300-12[23].
  • Draco Dwarf's catalog code is recorded as [VDD93] 216[24].
  • Draco Dwarf's catalog code is recorded as Z 1719.4+5758[25].
  • Draco Dwarf's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1954-01-01T00:00:00Z[26].
  • Draco Dwarf's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/072b8y[27].

Body

Works and Contributions

Draco Dwarf is credited with the discovery of Albert George Wilson[3].

Why It Matters

Draco Dwarf draws 44 Wikipedia views per month (dwarf_spheroidal_galaxy category, ranking #4 of 20).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . arxiv.org. arxiv.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . A catalog of visually classified galaxies in the local (z ~ 0.01) universe. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . haroldcorwin.net. Retrieved . haroldcorwin.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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