Eddington luminosity

maximum luminosity of a body in hydrostatic equilibrium
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Eddington luminosity

Summary

Eddington luminosity ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (160 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Arthur Eddington is named after Eddington luminosity[2].
  • Eddington luminosity's subclass of is recorded as luminosity[3].
  • Eddington luminosity's pronunciation audio is recorded as LL-Q188 (deu)-Michael Schoenitzer (MichaelSchoenitzer)-Eddington-Grenze.wav[4].
  • Eddington luminosity's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01dnq2[5].
  • Eddington luminosity's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0281900[6].
  • Eddington luminosity's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as science/Eddington-mass-limit[7].
  • Eddington luminosity's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 117808444[8].
  • Eddington luminosity's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C117808444[9].
  • Eddington luminosity's Encyclopedia of China is recorded as 147004[10].
  • Eddington luminosity's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as limit-deddington[11].

Why It Matters

Eddington luminosity ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (160 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12] It is known by 21 alternative names across languages and contexts.[13]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] . lingualibre.fr. lingualibre.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [5] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  5. [6] . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [10] . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [12] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [13] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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