Late Heavy Bombardment

hypothesized event, occurring ca. 4.1–3.8 billion years ago, during which a large number of asteroids collided with the Moon, Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars
Event occurrence Q591571
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Late Heavy Bombardment

Summary

Late Heavy Bombardment is an occurrence[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of occurrence entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (664 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Late Heavy Bombardment's image is recorded as Lunar cataclysm.jpg[3].
  • Late Heavy Bombardment's instance of is recorded as occurrence[4].
  • Late Heavy Bombardment's start time is recorded as -4100000000-01-01T00:00:00Z[5].
  • Late Heavy Bombardment's end time is recorded as -3800000000-01-01T00:00:00Z[6].
  • Late Heavy Bombardment's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/06sshb[7].
  • Late Heavy Bombardment's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/late-heavy-bombardment[8].
  • Late Heavy Bombardment's Quora topic ID is recorded as Late-Heavy-Bombardment[9].
  • Late Heavy Bombardment's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 116108991[10].
  • Late Heavy Bombardment's Encyclopedia of China is recorded as 211039[11].

Why It Matters

Late Heavy Bombardment ranks in the top 4% of occurrence entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (664 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12] It is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[13]

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] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Quora. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [12] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [13] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Late Heavy Bombardment. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/late-heavy-bombardment
MLA “Late Heavy Bombardment.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/late-heavy-bombardment.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_late-heavy-bombardment_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Late Heavy Bombardment}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/late-heavy-bombardment}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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