Julian day

Summary

Julian day is a measurement scale^[1]. It draws 458 Wikipedia views per month (measurement_scale category, ranking #6 of 26).^[2]

Key Facts

• Julian day is credited with the discovery of Joseph Justus Scaliger^[3].
• Julian day's instance of is recorded as measurement scale^[4].
• Julius Caesar Scaliger is named after Julian day^[5].
• Julian day's subclass of is recorded as day^[6].
• Julian day's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/09gxd^[7].
• Julian day's described by source is recorded as Yuzhakov Big Encyclopedia^[8].
• Julian day's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)^[9].
• Julian day's described by source is recorded as Small Soviet Encyclopedia^[10].
• Julian day's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://stackoverflow.com/tags/julian^[11].
• Julian day's different from is recorded as Julian year^[12].
• Julian day's different from is recorded as Julian calendar^[13].
• Julian day's Quora topic ID is recorded as Julian-Day-6^[14].
• Julian day's Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID is recorded as juliansk_dato^[15].
• Julian day's Elhuyar ZTH ID is recorded as 135941^[16].
• Julian day's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 322993^[17].
• Julian day's Encyclopedia of China is recorded as 204402^[18].
• Julian day's Encyclopedia of China is recorded as 183190^[19].

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Works and Contributions

Julian day is credited with the discovery of Joseph Justus Scaliger^[3].

Why It Matters

Julian day draws 458 Wikipedia views per month (measurement_scale category, ranking #6 of 26).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[20] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[21]