Enceladus

natural satellite orbiting Saturn
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Enceladus
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Enceladus

Summary

Enceladus is a moon of Saturn[1]. Enceladus ranks in the top 2% of moon_of_saturn entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,811 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Enceladus is credited with the discovery of William Herschel[3].
  • Enceladus's video is recorded as Enceladus.gif[4].
  • Enceladus's image is recorded as PIA17202 - Approaching Enceladus.jpg[5].
  • Enceladus's instance of is recorded as moon of Saturn[6].
  • Enceladus's instance of is recorded as regular moon[7].
  • Enceladus is named after Enceladus[8].
  • Enceladus's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh2007003231[9].
  • Enceladus's Commons category is recorded as Enceladus[10].
  • Enceladus's parent astronomical body is recorded as Saturn[11].
  • Enceladus's orbit diagram is recorded as Enceladus orbit 2.jpg[12].
  • Enceladus's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1789-08-28T00:00:00Z[13].
  • Enceladus's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01dlxf[14].
  • Enceladus's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ph632739[15].
  • Enceladus's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Enceladus[16].
  • Enceladus's Commons gallery is recorded as Enceladus[17].
  • Enceladus's spoken text audio is recorded as Enceladus (moon).ogg[18].
  • Enceladus's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0047'}[19].
  • Enceladus's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+11.7'}[20].
  • Enceladus's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+11.8'}[21].
  • Enceladus's OmegaWiki Defined Meaning is recorded as 1619436[22].
  • Enceladus's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0023987[23].
  • Enceladus's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[24].
  • Enceladus's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as place/Enceladus[25].
  • Enceladus's topic has template is recorded as Template:GeoTemplate/enceladus[26].
  • Enceladus's has characteristic is recorded as Q16652028[27].

Body

Works and Contributions

Enceladus is credited with the discovery of William Herschel[3]. Things named for Enceladus include Enceladus Nunataks[28], a nunatak[29].

Why It Matters

Enceladus ranks in the top 2% of moon_of_saturn entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,811 views/month).[2] Enceladus has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] Enceladus is known by 23 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]

Entities named for Enceladus include Enceladus Nunataks[28], a nunatak[29].

References

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

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] . A Short History of Astronomy. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . A Short History of Astronomy. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . A Short History of Astronomy. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . Satellites of Saturn: Geological Perspective. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [28] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [30] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [31] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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