Sagittarius A*

Summary

Sagittarius A is an astronomical radio source^[1]. Sagittarius A ranks in the top 5% of astronomical_radio_source entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,046 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Sagittarius A* is credited with the discovery of National Radio Astronomy Observatory^[3].
• Sagittarius A* is credited with the discovery of Robert Hanbury Brown^[4].
• Sagittarius A*'s image is recorded as Gcle.jpg^[5].
• Sagittarius A's image is recorded as EHT Sagittarius A.jpg^[6].
• Sagittarius A*'s instance of is recorded as astronomical radio source^[7].
• Sagittarius A*'s instance of is recorded as supermassive black hole^[8].
• Sagittarius A*'s constellation is recorded as Sagittarius^[9].
• Sagittarius A*'s VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 316600730^[10].
• Sagittarius A*'s Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh2007002976^[11].
• Sagittarius A*'s part of is recorded as Galactic Center of Milky Way^[12].
• Sagittarius A*'s part of is recorded as Sagittarius A^[13].
• Sagittarius A's Commons category is recorded as Sagittarius A^[14].
• Sagittarius A*'s parent astronomical body is recorded as Sagittarius A^[15].
• Sagittarius A*'s child astronomical body is recorded as GCIRS 13E^[16].
• Sagittarius A*'s child astronomical body is recorded as S2^[17].
• Sagittarius A*'s child astronomical body is recorded as S0-102^[18].
• Sagittarius A*'s child astronomical body is recorded as Solar System^[19].
• Sagittarius A*'s child astronomical body is recorded as Q108759443^[20].
• Sagittarius A*'s child astronomical body is recorded as S4716^[21].
• Sagittarius A*'s catalog code is recorded as CXOGC J174540.0-290027^[22].
• Sagittarius A*'s catalog code is recorded as [SKM2002] 28^[23].
• Sagittarius A*'s time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1974-02-14T00:00:00Z^[24].
• Sagittarius A*'s Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03fz_q^[25].
• Sagittarius A*'s Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/Sagittarius-A-black-hole^[26].
• Sagittarius A*'s mass is recorded as {'unit': 'Q180892', 'amount': '+4020000'}^[27].

Body

Works and Contributions

Credited discoveries include National Radio Astronomy Observatory^[3], an astronomical observatory^[28], in United States^[29], founded in 1956^[30], headquartered in Charlottesville^[31] and Robert Hanbury Brown^[4], a physicist^[32], 1916–2002^[33], of Australia^[34], awarded the Albert A. Michelson Medal^[35], specialised in astronomy^[36].

Why It Matters

Sagittarius A ranks in the top 5% of astronomical_radio_source entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,046 views/month).^[2] Sagittarius A has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[37] Sagittarius A* is known by 31 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[38]