Icarus

impact crater on the Moon's far side
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Icarus
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Icarus

Summary

Icarus is an impact crater[1]. Icarus ranks in the top 6% of impact_crater entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (10 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Icarus's image is recorded as Icarus crater 2033 med.jpg[3].
  • Icarus's instance of is recorded as impact crater[4].
  • Icarus's instance of is recorded as lunar crater[5].
  • Icarus is named after Icarus[6].
  • Icarus's location is recorded as LQ16[7].
  • Icarus's Commons category is recorded as Icarus (lunar crater)[8].
  • Icarus's located on astronomical body is recorded as Moon[9].
  • Icarus's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': -5.49, 'lon': -173.26}[10].
  • Icarus's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/062q8_[11].
  • Icarus's diameter is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+93.7'}[12].
  • Icarus's Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature ID is recorded as 2642[13].
  • Icarus's Wolfram Language entity code is recorded as Entity["SolarSystemFeature", "IcarusMoon"][14].

Body

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include impact crater[4] and lunar crater[5].

History and Context

Icarus is named after Icarus[6].

Why It Matters

Icarus ranks in the top 6% of impact_crater entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (10 views/month).[2] Icarus has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

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] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Icarus. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/icarus-q1249625
MLA “Icarus.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/icarus-q1249625.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_icarus-q1249625_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Icarus}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/icarus-q1249625}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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