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Gale

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Gale

Summary

Gale is an impact crater[1]. Gale ranks in the top 2% of impact_crater entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (213 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Gale's instance of is recorded as impact crater[3].
  • Gale's instance of is recorded as Mars crater[4].
  • Walter Frederick Gale is named after Gale[5].
  • The location of Gale was Aeolis quadrangle[6].
  • Gale's Commons category is recorded as Gale Crater[7].
  • Gale's located on astronomical body is recorded as Mars[8].
  • Gale's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': -5.37, 'lon': 137.81}[9].
  • Gale's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Gale (crater)[10].
  • Gale's different from is recorded as Galle[11].
  • Gale's diameter is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+154'}[12].

Body

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include impact crater[3] and Mars crater[4].

History and Context

Walter Frederick Gale is named after Gale[5].

Why It Matters

Gale ranks in the top 2% of impact_crater entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (213 views/month).[2] Gale has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] Gale is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

Related Entities

Curiosity

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 1d ago · MatSuBot bot · 2026-06-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Coordinates → —
    Instance of → impact crater, Mars crater
    Aliases → —
    Topic's main category → Category:Gale (crater)
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-short:0||uk, ha */ import labels from sitelinks; cleanup"
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