Pale Blue Dot

Summary

Pale Blue Dot is a literary work^[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (578 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Pale Blue Dot authored Carl Sagan^[3].
• Pale Blue Dot's instance of is recorded as literary work^[4].
• Pale Blue Dot's genre is popular science^[5].
• Pale Blue Dot followed Cosmos^[6].
• Pale Blue Dot's language of work or name is recorded as English^[7].
• Pale Blue Dot's country of origin is recorded as United States^[8].
• Pale Blue Dot was published on 1994^[9].
• Pale Blue Dot's has edition or translation is recorded as Pale Blue Dot^[10].
• Pale Blue Dot's has edition or translation is recorded as Kawkab al-arḍ : Nuqṭah Zarqāʼ bāhth-ruʼyah li-mustaqbal al-insān fī al-faḍāʼ^[11].
• Pale Blue Dot's has edition or translation is recorded as Q137844263^[12].
• Pale Blue Dot's main subject is astronomy^[13].
• Pale Blue Dot's main subject is Earth^[14].
• Pale Blue Dot's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Pale Blue Dot'}^[15].
• Pale Blue Dot's subtitle is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'A Vision of the Human Future in Space'}^[16].
• Pale Blue Dot's first line is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'The spacecraft was a long way from home, beyond the orbit of the outermost planet and high above the ecliptic plane-which is an imaginary flat surface that we can think of as something like a racetrack in which the orbits of the planets are mainly confined.'}^[17].
• Pale Blue Dot's copyright status is recorded as copyrighted^[18].

Product Details

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• Release type: Prose^[19]

• MusicBrainz ID: 817bdfac-9ba4-4e39-a009-5f2838ee31c1^[20]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Pale Blue Dot authored Carl Sagan^[3].

Publication

Pale Blue Dot was released on 1994^[9]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English^[7]. Its genre is popular science^[5].

Subject and Themes

Main subjects include astronomy^[13] and Earth^[14].

Adaptations and Inspiration

Pale Blue Dot followed Cosmos^[6].

Why It Matters

Pale Blue Dot ranks in the top 3% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (578 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[21] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[22]