Herschel

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Herschel

Summary

Herschel is an impact crater[1]. Herschel ranks in the top 3% of impact_crater entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (162 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Herschel's image is recorded as Mimas moon.jpg[3].
  • Herschel's instance of is recorded as impact crater[4].
  • William Herschel is named after Herschel[5].
  • Herschel's Commons category is recorded as Herschel (Mimantean crater)[6].
  • Herschel's located on astronomical body is recorded as Mimas[7].
  • Herschel's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': -1.38, 'lon': -111.76}[8].
  • Herschel's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/04d4bq[9].
  • Herschel's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/Herschel-crater[10].
  • Herschel's diameter is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+139'}[11].
  • Herschel's Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature ID is recorded as 2478[12].

Body

Designation and Status

Herschel's instance of is recorded as impact crater[4].

History and Context

William Herschel is named after Herschel[5].

Why It Matters

Herschel ranks in the top 3% of impact_crater entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (162 views/month).[2] Herschel has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] Herschel is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

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] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . 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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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Herschel. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/herschel
MLA “Herschel.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/herschel.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_herschel_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Herschel}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/herschel}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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