equinox

astronomical event where the Sun is directly above the Earth's equator
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equinox

Summary

equinox ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,117 views/month, #776 of 77,819).[1]

Key Facts

  • equinox's image is recorded as Earth-lighting-equinox af.png[2].
  • equinox's GND ID is recorded as 4200155-9[3].
  • equinox's subclass of is recorded as annual event[4].
  • equinox's subclass of is recorded as astronomical phenomenon[5].
  • equinox's subclass of is recorded as point in time with respect to recurrent timeframe[6].
  • equinox's Commons category is recorded as Equinox[7].
  • equinox's opposite of is recorded as solstice[8].
  • equinox's BNCF Thesaurus ID is recorded as 33197[9].
  • equinox's has part is recorded as March equinox[10].
  • equinox's has part is recorded as September equinox[11].
  • equinox's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02r70[12].
  • equinox's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Equinoxes[13].
  • equinox's spoken text audio is recorded as Simple en Equinox, oldid 211368.oga[14].
  • equinox's OmegaWiki Defined Meaning is recorded as 473196[15].
  • equinox's described by source is recorded as Nordisk familjebok[16].
  • equinox's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[17].
  • equinox's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[18].
  • equinox's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[19].
  • equinox's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[20].
  • equinox's described by source is recorded as New Encyclopedic Dictionary[21].
  • equinox's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[22].
  • equinox's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[23].
  • equinox's described by source is recorded as The New Student's Reference Work[24].
  • equinox's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[25].
  • equinox's described by source is recorded as National Aeronautics and Space Administration[26].

Body

Works and Contributions

Things named for equinox include Equinox[27], a horse[28], in Japan[29].

Why It Matters

equinox ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,117 views/month, #776 of 77,819).[1] equinox has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] equinox is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]

Entities named for equinox include Equinox[27], a horse[28], in Japan[29].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . wikidata.org.
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  8. [9] . Nuovo soggettario. wikidata.org.
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  11. [12] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
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  24. [25] . wikidata.org.
  25. [26] . science.nasa.gov. Retrieved . science.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [27] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Aggregate / graph-position facts

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

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