sextant

Summary

sextant ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (31 views/month).^[1]

Key Facts

• sextant's image is recorded as Tycho instrument sextant 16.jpg^[2].
• sextant's subclass of is recorded as measuring instrument^[3].
• sextant's subclass of is recorded as astronomical instrument^[4].
• sextant's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03bzf2v^[5].
• sextant's Unified Astronomy Thesaurus ID is recorded as 93^[6].
• sextant's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 84291770^[7].

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Works and Contributions

Things named for sextant include Sextans^[8], a constellation^[9] and Rejs Roku - Srebrny Sekstant^[10], an award^[11], in Poland^[12], founded in 1970^[13].

Why It Matters

sextant ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (31 views/month).^[1] sextant has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[14]

Entities named for sextant include Sextans^[8], a constellation^[9] and Rejs Roku - Srebrny Sekstant^[10], an award^[11], in Poland^[12], founded in 1970^[13].