Galactic Center of Milky Way

Summary

Galactic Center of Milky Way is a barycenter^[1]. It draws 1,952 Wikipedia views per month (barycenter category, ranking #1 of 1).^[2]

Key Facts

• Galactic Center of Milky Way is credited with the discovery of Harlow Shapley^[3].
• Galactic Center of Milky Way's image is recorded as Galactic Cntr full cropped.jpg^[4].
• Galactic Center of Milky Way's instance of is recorded as barycenter^[5].
• Galactic Center of Milky Way's instance of is recorded as gamma-ray source^[6].
• Galactic Center of Milky Way's instance of is recorded as galactic center^[7].
• Galactic Center of Milky Way's constellation is recorded as Sagittarius^[8].
• Galactic Center of Milky Way's part of is recorded as Milky Way^[9].
• Galactic Center of Milky Way's part of is recorded as nuclear bulge of the Milky Way^[10].
• Galactic Center of Milky Way's part of is recorded as Milky Way Galactic pole^[11].
• Galactic Center of Milky Way's part of is recorded as galactic plane of the Milky Way Galaxy^[12].
• Galactic Center of Milky Way's Commons category is recorded as Galactic Center^[13].
• Galactic Center of Milky Way's child astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[14].
• Galactic Center of Milky Way's child astronomical body is recorded as Gaia BH2^[15].
• Galactic Center of Milky Way's opposite of is recorded as Galactic anticenter^[16].
• Galactic Center of Milky Way's has part is recorded as Sagittarius A*^[17].
• Galactic Center of Milky Way's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1918-00-00T00:00:00Z^[18].
• Galactic Center of Milky Way's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/020qx_^[19].
• Galactic Center of Milky Way's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Galactic Center^[20].
• Galactic Center of Milky Way's depicted by is recorded as Galactic Center Saga^[21].
• Galactic Center of Milky Way's described by source is recorded as Galactic Center^[22].
• Galactic Center of Milky Way's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/galactic-centre^[23].
• Galactic Center of Milky Way's radius is recorded as {'unit': 'Q12129', 'amount': '+1000'}^[24].
• Galactic Center of Milky Way's BabelNet ID is recorded as 03084579n^[25].
• Galactic Center of Milky Way's distance from Earth is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11929860', 'amount': '+8'}^[26].
• Galactic Center of Milky Way's Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID is recorded as 2341071^[27].

Body

Works and Contributions

Galactic Center of Milky Way is credited with the discovery of Harlow Shapley^[3].

Why It Matters

Galactic Center of Milky Way draws 1,952 Wikipedia views per month (barycenter category, ranking #1 of 1).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 27 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]