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General Purpose Heat Source

radioactive heat source for Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generators (RTG) or Stirling radioisotope generators (SRG)
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General Purpose Heat Source

Summary

General Purpose Heat Source ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (25 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • General Purpose Heat Source's image is recorded as Iridium clad GPHS pellet.jpg[2].
  • General Purpose Heat Source's subclass of is recorded as electrical energy source[3].
  • General Purpose Heat Source's subclass of is recorded as radioactive source[4].
  • General Purpose Heat Source's subclass of is recorded as heat source[5].
  • General Purpose Heat Source's designed by is recorded as United States Department of Energy[6].
  • General Purpose Heat Source's Commons category is recorded as General Purpose Heat Source[7].
  • General Purpose Heat Source's source of energy is recorded as plutonium-238[8].
  • General Purpose Heat Source's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/043lvmj[9].
  • General Purpose Heat Source's length is recorded as {'unit': 'Q174728', 'amount': '+2.76'}[10].
  • General Purpose Heat Source's mass is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11570', 'amount': '+1.43'}[11].
  • General Purpose Heat Source's diameter is recorded as {'unit': 'Q174728', 'amount': '+2.76'}[12].
  • General Purpose Heat Source's schematic is recorded as General Purpose Heat Source - Exploded view with english labels.png[13].
  • General Purpose Heat Source's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2777501763[14].

Why It Matters

General Purpose Heat Source ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (25 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . rps.nasa.gov. rps.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . Mission of Daring: The General-Purpose Heat Source Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator. wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . Mission of Daring: The General-Purpose Heat Source Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator. wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . Mission of Daring: The General-Purpose Heat Source Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator. wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . Mission of Daring: The General-Purpose Heat Source Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator. wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [16] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). General Purpose Heat Source. Retrieved April 11, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/general-purpose-heat-source
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_general-purpose-heat-source_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{General Purpose Heat Source}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/general-purpose-heat-source}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-11}}
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