magnitude

logarithmic measure of the brightness of an astronomical object
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magnitude

Summary

magnitude ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (157 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • magnitude's subclass of is recorded as physical quantity[2].
  • magnitude's subclass of is recorded as logarithmic scale[3].
  • magnitude's Commons category is recorded as Magnitude (astronomy)[4].
  • -0129-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of magnitude[5].
  • magnitude's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/011bpbj6[6].
  • magnitude's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 1[7].
  • magnitude's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/magnitude-astronomy[8].
  • magnitude's defining formula is recorded as m - M = 5 \left( \log_{10}d - 1 \right)[9].
  • magnitude's JSTOR topic ID is recorded as astronomical-magnitude[10].
  • magnitude's Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID is recorded as størrelsesklasse[11].
  • magnitude's Unified Astronomy Thesaurus ID is recorded as 999[12].
  • magnitude's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[13].
  • magnitude's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Mathematics[14].
  • magnitude's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 126691448[15].
  • magnitude's in defining formula is recorded as m[16].
  • magnitude's in defining formula is recorded as M[17].
  • magnitude's in defining formula is recorded as d[18].
  • magnitude's Online PWN Encyclopedia ID is recorded as 3995761[19].
  • magnitude's Lex ID is recorded as størrelsesklasse[20].
  • magnitude's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C126691448[21].
  • magnitude's Great Russian Encyclopedia portal ID is recorded as zviozdnaia-velichina-a05a44[22].

Why It Matters

magnitude ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (157 views/month).[1] magnitude has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23] magnitude is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[24]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] . wikidata.org.
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  10. [11] . wikidata.org.
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  12. [13] . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] . wikidata.org.
  18. [19] . encyklopedia.pwn.pl. encyklopedia.pwn.pl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [20] . wikidata.org.
  20. [21] . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [22] . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [23] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [24] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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