planetesimal

solid objects thought to exist in protoplanetary disks and in debris disks
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planetesimal

Summary

planetesimal is an astronomical object type[1]. planetesimal draws 333 Wikipedia views per month (astronomical_object_type category, ranking #61 of 289).[2]

Key Facts

  • planetesimal is credited with the discovery of Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin[3].
  • planetesimal is credited with the discovery of Viktor Safronov[4].
  • planetesimal was influenced by accretion[5].
  • planetesimal's instance of is recorded as astronomical object type[6].
  • planetesimal's follows is recorded as circumstellar disk[7].
  • planetesimal's subclass of is recorded as small Solar System body[8].
  • planetesimal's Commons category is recorded as Planetesimals[9].
  • planetesimal's start time is recorded as +1904-00-00T00:00:00Z[10].
  • planetesimal's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01bbk3[11].
  • planetesimal's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Planetesimals[12].
  • planetesimal's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0132426[13].
  • planetesimal's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as science/planetesimal[14].
  • planetesimal's BabelNet ID is recorded as 00062782n[15].
  • planetesimal's montage image is recorded as NASA-14114-HubbleSpaceTelescope-DebrisDisks-20140424.jpg[16].
  • planetesimal's exact match is recorded as https://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01001148/[17].
  • planetesimal's JSTOR topic ID is recorded as planetesimals[18].
  • planetesimal's Environment Ontology ID is recorded as 01001148[19].
  • planetesimal's Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID is recorded as planetesimaler[20].
  • planetesimal's Unified Astronomy Thesaurus ID is recorded as 1259[21].
  • planetesimal's Elhuyar ZTH ID is recorded as 029768[22].
  • planetesimal's Interlingual Index ID is recorded as i85989[23].
  • planetesimal's Fandom article ID is recorded as space:Planetesimal[24].
  • planetesimal's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 75876914[25].
  • planetesimal's Online PWN Encyclopedia ID is recorded as 3957934[26].
  • planetesimal's Lex ID is recorded as planetesimalteorien[27].

Body

Works and Contributions

Credited discoveries include Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin[3], a geologist[28], 1843–1928[29], of United States[30], awarded the Penrose Medal[31], specialised in geology[32] and Viktor Safronov[4], an astronomer[33], 1917–1999[34], of Soviet Union[35], awarded the Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd class[36], specialised in astronomy[37].

Why It Matters

planetesimal draws 333 Wikipedia views per month (astronomical_object_type category, ranking #61 of 289).[2] planetesimal has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[38] planetesimal is known by 21 alternative names across languages and contexts.[39]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  9. [5] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . BabelNet. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Environment Ontology. Retrieved . raw.githubusercontent.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Environment Ontology. Retrieved . raw.githubusercontent.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [36] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [37] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [38] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [39] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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