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Great Debate

astronomy debate held on 26 April 1920 at the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History between Harlow Shapley and Heber Curtis about whether spiral nebulae were different galaxies or part of the Milky Way
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Great Debate

Summary

Great Debate is a debate[1]. It draws 189 Wikipedia views per month (debate category, ranking #12 of 41).[2]

Key Facts

  • Great Debate is in the country of United States[3].
  • Great Debate's instance of is recorded as debate[4].
  • Great Debate's location is recorded as National Museum of Natural History[5].
  • Great Debate's point in time is recorded as +1920-04-26T00:00:00Z[6].
  • Great Debate's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/04w0j0[7].
  • Great Debate's participant is recorded as Harlow Shapley[8].
  • Great Debate's participant is recorded as Heber Doust Curtis[9].
  • Great Debate's main subject is recorded as astronomy[10].
  • Great Debate's main subject is recorded as spiral galaxy[11].

Why It Matters

Great Debate draws 189 Wikipedia views per month (debate category, ranking #12 of 41).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[13]

Related Entities

astronomy Furore Harlow Shapley Heber Doust Curtis United States

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] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [13] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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