Linus

moon of asteroid Kalliope
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Linus

Summary

Linus is a minor planet moon[1]. Linus draws 20 Wikipedia views per month (minor_planet_moon category, ranking #11 of 21).[2]

Key Facts

  • Linus is credited with the discovery of Jean-Luc Margot[3].
  • Linus is credited with the discovery of Michael E. Brown[4].
  • Linus's instance of is recorded as minor planet moon[5].
  • Linus's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as W. M. Keck Observatory[6].
  • Linus is named after Linus[7].
  • Linus's astronomic symbol image is recorded as Linus symbol (fixed width).svg[8].
  • Linus's parent astronomical body is recorded as 22 Kalliope[9].
  • Linus's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2001-08-29T00:00:00Z[10].
  • Linus's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0djdlh[11].
  • Linus's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+9.7'}[12].
  • Linus's mass is recorded as {'unit': 'Q2612219', 'amount': '+60'}[13].
  • Linus's Bing entity ID is recorded as ae8206a0-e79f-2db1-c201-b3df73270b38[14].

Body

Works and Contributions

Credited discoveries include Jean-Luc Margot[3], an astronomer[15], b. 1969[16], of Belgium[17], awarded the Harold C. Urey Prize[18] and Michael E. Brown[4], an astronomer[19], b. 1965[20], of United States[21], awarded the Kavli Prize in Astrophysics[22], specialised in planetary science[23].

Why It Matters

Linus draws 20 Wikipedia views per month (minor_planet_moon category, ranking #11 of 21).[2] Linus has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24] Linus is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Dictionary of Minor Planet Names (Sixth Revised and Enlarged Edition). wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [15] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [16] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [17] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [18] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [19] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [20] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [21] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [22] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [23] . 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. [24] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [25] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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