Earendel

Summary

Earendel is a star^[1]. Earendel ranks in the top 0.71% of star entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (318 views/month, #10 of 1,417).^[2]

Key Facts

• Earendel's image is recorded as The Sunrise Arc galaxy with lensed star Earendel -b.png^[3].
• Earendel's instance of is recorded as star^[4].
• Earendel's constellation is recorded as Cetus^[5].
• Eärendil is named after Earendel^[6].
• Aurvandill is named after Earendel^[7].
• Earendel's location of discovery is recorded as Hubble Space Telescope^[8].
• Earendel's spectral class is recorded as B^[9].
• Earendel's Commons category is recorded as Earendel^[10].
• Earendel's catalog code is recorded as WHL-J24.3324-8.477^[11].
• Earendel's described at URL is recorded as https://www.space.com/hubble-telescope-sees-most-distant-star-earendel^[12].
• Earendel's described at URL is recorded as https://old.elementy.ru/novosti_nauki/433950/Zvezda_Earendel_zazhglas_menshe_chem_cherez_milliard_let_posle_Bolshogo_vzryva^[13].
• Earendel's redshift is recorded as {'amount': '+6.2'}^[14].
• Earendel's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+27.2'}^[15].
• Earendel's mass is recorded as {'unit': 'Q180892', 'amount': '+75'}^[16].
• Earendel's distance from Earth is recorded as {'unit': 'Q531', 'amount': '+28000000000'}^[17].
• Earendel's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/11rv6qftqw^[18].
• Earendel's SIMBAD ID is recorded as [WCD2022] WHL0137-LS^[19].
• Earendel's right ascension is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+24.3458'}^[20].
• Earendel's declination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '-8.4644'}^[21].
• Earendel's epoch is recorded as J2000.0^[22].
• Earendel's effective temperature is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11579', 'amount': '+20000'}^[23].

Body

Designation and Status

Earendel's instance of is recorded as star^[4].

History and Context

Earendel's catalog code is recorded as WHL-J24.3324-8.477^[11]. Things named after include Eärendil^[6], a half-elven^[24] and Aurvandill^[7], a Norse mythical character^[25].

Why It Matters

Earendel ranks in the top 0.71% of star entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (318 views/month, #10 of 1,417).^[2] Earendel has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[26] Earendel is known by 22 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[27]