Laniakea Supercluster

supercluster containing the Milky Way and approximately 100,000 other nearby galaxies
Thing supercluster Q17863945
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Laniakea Supercluster

Summary

Laniakea Supercluster is a supercluster[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of supercluster entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,659 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Laniakea Supercluster is credited with the discovery of R. Brent Tully[3].
  • Laniakea Supercluster is credited with the discovery of Hélène Courtois[4].
  • Laniakea Supercluster is credited with the discovery of Daniel Pomarède[5].
  • Laniakea Supercluster is credited with the discovery of Yehuda Hoffman[6].
  • Laniakea Supercluster's image is recorded as Observable universe r2.jpg[7].
  • Laniakea Supercluster's instance of is recorded as supercluster[8].
  • Laniakea Supercluster's constellation is recorded as Triangulum Australe[9].
  • Laniakea Supercluster's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as National Radio Astronomy Observatory[10].
  • Laniakea Supercluster's part of is recorded as Pisces–Cetus Supercluster Complex[11].
  • Laniakea Supercluster's has part is recorded as Virgo Supercluster[12].
  • Laniakea Supercluster's has part is recorded as Hydra-Centaurus Supercluster[13].
  • Laniakea Supercluster's has part is recorded as Pavo-Indus Supercluster[14].
  • Laniakea Supercluster's has part is recorded as Great Attractor[15].
  • Laniakea Supercluster's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2014-09-00T00:00:00Z[16].
  • Laniakea Supercluster's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/011smc2g[17].
  • Laniakea Supercluster's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Laniakea Supercluster[18].
  • Laniakea Supercluster's redshift is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0708'}[19].
  • Laniakea Supercluster's different from is recorded as Laniakea[20].
  • Laniakea Supercluster's diameter is recorded as {'unit': 'Q531', 'amount': '+500000000'}[21].
  • Laniakea Supercluster's BabelNet ID is recorded as 14275896n[22].
  • Laniakea Supercluster's SIMBAD ID is recorded as NAME Laniakea Supercluster[23].
  • Laniakea Supercluster's Quora topic ID is recorded as Laniakea-Supercluster[24].
  • Laniakea Supercluster's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2777108043[25].
  • Laniakea Supercluster's Namuwiki ID is recorded as 라니아케아 초은하단[26].
  • Laniakea Supercluster's WikiKids ID is recorded as Laniakea[27].

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Works and Contributions

Credited discoveries include R. Brent Tully[3], an astronomer[28], b. 1943[29], of United States[30], awarded the Gruber Prize in Cosmology[31]; Hélène Courtois[4], an astrophysicist[32], b. 1971[33], of France[34], awarded the Knight of the French Order of Academic Palms[35], specialised in cosmology[36]; Daniel Pomarède[5], a researcher[37], b. 1971[38], of France[39]; and Yehuda Hoffman[6], an astrophysicist[40], of Israel[41].

Why It Matters

Laniakea Supercluster ranks in the top 6% of supercluster entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,659 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[42] It is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[43]

References

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

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [7] . wikidata.org.
  2. [8] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  3. [9] . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] . Nature. wikidata.org.
  5. [4] . Nature. wikidata.org.
  6. [5] . Nature. wikidata.org.
  7. [6] . Nature. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Science Daily. Retrieved . sciencedaily.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . BabelNet. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . Quora. wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [36] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [37] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  11. [38] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  12. [39] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  13. [40] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  14. [41] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [42] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [43] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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