Magellanic Clouds

Summary

Magellanic Clouds is a galaxy group^[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of galaxy_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (353 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Magellanic Clouds's image is recorded as Magellanic Clouds ― Irregular Dwarf Galaxies.jpg^[3].
• Magellanic Clouds's instance of is recorded as galaxy group^[4].
• Ferdinand Magellan is named after Magellanic Clouds^[5].
• Magellanic Clouds's GND ID is recorded as 1235778088^[6].
• Magellanic Clouds's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85079590^[7].
• Magellanic Clouds's subclass of is recorded as dwarf galaxy^[8].
• Magellanic Clouds's NDL Authority ID is recorded as 00567382^[9].
• Magellanic Clouds's part of is recorded as Milky Way subgroup^[10].
• Magellanic Clouds's part of is recorded as Local Group^[11].
• Magellanic Clouds's Commons category is recorded as Magellanic Clouds^[12].
• Magellanic Clouds's has part is recorded as Small Magellanic Cloud^[13].
• Magellanic Clouds's has part is recorded as Large Magellanic Cloud^[14].
• Magellanic Clouds's has part is recorded as Mini Magellanic Cloud^[15].
• Magellanic Clouds's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/017db1^[16].
• Magellanic Clouds's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ph217742^[17].
• Magellanic Clouds's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Magellanic Clouds^[18].
• Magellanic Clouds's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0039137^[19].
• Magellanic Clouds's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia^[20].
• Magellanic Clouds's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)^[21].
• Magellanic Clouds's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[22].
• Magellanic Clouds's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[23].
• Magellanic Clouds's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)^[24].
• Magellanic Clouds's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[25].
• Magellanic Clouds's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/Magellanic-Cloud^[26].
• Magellanic Clouds's BabelNet ID is recorded as 00052681n^[27].

Body

Works and Contributions

Things named for Magellanic Clouds include Magellanic spiral^[28].

Why It Matters

Magellanic Clouds ranks in the top 6% of galaxy_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (353 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[29]

Entities named for it include Magellanic spiral^[28].