Lunar and Planetary Institute

Summary

Lunar and Planetary Institute is a research institute^[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of research_institute entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (19 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Lunar and Planetary Institute's field of work was astronomy^[3].
• Lunar and Planetary Institute's field of work was geology^[4].
• Lunar and Planetary Institute's field of work was planetary geology^[5].
• Lunar and Planetary Institute's field of work was geophysics^[6].
• Lunar and Planetary Institute's field of work was Solar System^[7].
• Lunar and Planetary Institute's field of work was science education^[8].
• Lunar and Planetary Institute was a member of OCLC, Inc.^[9].
• Lunar and Planetary Institute was a member of Amigos Library Services^[10].
• Lunar and Planetary Institute was a member of Regional Planetary Image Facility^[11].
• Lunar and Planetary Institute is located in Houston^[12].
• Lunar and Planetary Institute is in the country of United States^[13].
• Lunar and Planetary Institute's image is recorded as USRA-Houston building.jpg^[14].
• Lunar and Planetary Institute's instance of is recorded as research institute^[15].
• Lunar and Planetary Institute's instance of is recorded as nonprofit organization^[16].
• Lunar and Planetary Institute's instance of is recorded as publishing house^[17].
• Lunar and Planetary Institute's instance of is recorded as open-access repository^[18].
• Lunar and Planetary Institute's follows is recorded as Lunar Science Institute^[19].
• Lunar and Planetary Institute's headquarters location is recorded as Houston^[20].
• Lunar and Planetary Institute's ISNI is recorded as 000000010944145X^[21].
• Lunar and Planetary Institute's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 145217868^[22].
• Lunar and Planetary Institute's GND ID is recorded as 2053624-0^[23].
• Lunar and Planetary Institute's GND ID is recorded as 1086556178^[24].
• Lunar and Planetary Institute's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n78033961^[25].
• Lunar and Planetary Institute's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 122927362^[26].
• Lunar and Planetary Institute's IdRef ID is recorded as 031774393^[27].

Body

Founding

+1978-02-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Lunar and Planetary Institute^[28].

Identity

Lunar and Planetary Institute's follows is recorded as Lunar Science Institute^[19]. Its short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'LPI'}^[29].

Leadership

Lunar and Planetary Institute's director / manager is recorded as Lisa R. Gaddis^[30].

Operations

Lunar and Planetary Institute's headquarters location is recorded as Houston^[20]. Its parent organization or unit is recorded as Universities Space Research Association^[31].

Industry

Fields of work include astronomy^[3], a branch of science^[32]; geology^[4], a branch of science^[33]; planetary geology^[5], an academic discipline^[34]; geophysics^[6], a branch of science^[35]; Solar System^[7], a planetary system^[36]; and science education^[8], a branch of education^[37].

Why It Matters

Lunar and Planetary Institute ranks in the top 6% of research_institute entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (19 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[38] It is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[39]