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Kirkwood

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Landform lunar_crater Q6415884
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Kirkwood

Summary

Kirkwood is a lunar crater[1]. Kirkwood ranks in the top 5% of lunar_crater entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Kirkwood's instance of is recorded as lunar crater[3].
  • Daniel Kirkwood is named after Kirkwood[4].
  • Kirkwood took place at LQ01[5].
  • Kirkwood's Commons category is recorded as Kirkwood (crater)[6].
  • Kirkwood's located on astronomical body is recorded as Moon[7].
  • Kirkwood's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 68.34, 'lon': -156.66}[8].
  • Kirkwood's diameter is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+68.1'}[9].

Body

Designation and Status

Kirkwood's instance of is recorded as lunar crater[3].

History and Context

Daniel Kirkwood is named after Kirkwood[4].

Why It Matters

Kirkwood ranks in the top 5% of lunar_crater entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7 views/month).[2] Kirkwood has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[10]

Related Entities

Daniel Kirkwood

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] ↑ . Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Kirkwood. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/kirkwood-q6415884
MLA “Kirkwood.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/kirkwood-q6415884.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_kirkwood-q6415884_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Kirkwood}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/kirkwood-q6415884}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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  1. 4d ago · Debessis · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → lunar crater
    Diameter → {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+68.1'}
    Named after → —
    Named after → Daniel Kirkwood
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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