Meridiani Planum

Summary

Meridiani Planum is a plain^[1]. It draws 57 Wikipedia views per month (plain category, ranking #28 of 128).^[2]

Key Facts

• Meridiani Planum's image is recorded as MER-B-Descent Stage-med.jpg^[3].
• Meridiani Planum's instance of is recorded as plain^[4].
• Meridiani Planum's instance of is recorded as planum^[5].
• Meridiani Planum's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh2017002940^[6].
• Meridiani Planum's location is recorded as Arabia quadrangle^[7].
• Meridiani Planum's Commons category is recorded as Meridiani Planum^[8].
• Meridiani Planum's located on astronomical body is recorded as Mars^[9].
• Meridiani Planum's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': -0.04, 'lon': 356.86}^[10].
• Meridiani Planum's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/026gbl^[11].
• Meridiani Planum's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Meridiani Planum^[12].
• Meridiani Planum's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as place/Meridiani-Planum^[13].
• Meridiani Planum's length is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+1059'}^[14].
• Meridiani Planum's Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature ID is recorded as 3854^[15].
• Meridiani Planum's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 30471927^[16].
• Meridiani Planum's National Library of Israel J9U ID is recorded as 987007403813605171^[17].

Body

Physical Characteristics

Meridiani Planum's length is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+1059'}^[14].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include plain^[4] and planum^[5].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Meridiani Planum include meridianiite^[18], a mineral species^[19].

Why It Matters

Meridiani Planum draws 57 Wikipedia views per month (plain category, ranking #28 of 128).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[20] It is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[21]

Entities named for it include meridianiite^[18], a mineral species^[19].