Saussure

crater in the southern hemisphere of the Moon's near side named after Horace B. de Saussure
Place impact_crater Q74583
Saussure
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Saussure

Summary

Saussure is an impact crater[1]. Saussure ranks in the top 7% of impact_crater entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Saussure's image is recorded as Saussure crater 4119 h2.jpg[3].
  • Saussure's instance of is recorded as impact crater[4].
  • Horace Bénédict de Saussure is named after Saussure[5].
  • Saussure's location is recorded as LQ26[6].
  • Saussure's Commons category is recorded as Saussure (crater)[7].
  • Saussure's located on astronomical body is recorded as Moon[8].
  • Saussure's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': -43.38, 'lon': -3.88}[9].
  • Saussure's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/05b6h5[10].
  • Saussure's diameter is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+54.6'}[11].
  • Saussure's Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature ID is recorded as 5343[12].
  • Saussure's vertical depth is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+1880'}[13].
  • Saussure's Glossary of Astronomical Terms ID is recorded as 20753[14].

Body

Designation and Status

Saussure's instance of is recorded as impact crater[4].

History and Context

Horace Bénédict de Saussure is named after Saussure[5].

Why It Matters

Saussure ranks in the top 7% of impact_crater entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).[2] Saussure has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Saussure. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/saussure
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_saussure_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Saussure}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/saussure}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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