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sphere of influence

oblate-spheroid-shaped region around a celestial body where the primary gravitational influence on an orbiting object is that body
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sphere of influence

Summary

sphere of influence ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (177 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • sphere of influence's subclass of is recorded as zone[2].
  • sphere of influence's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/041tlg[3].
  • sphere of influence's defining formula is recorded as r_{SOI} \approx a\left(\frac{m}{M}\right)^{2/5}[4].
  • sphere of influence's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Mathematics[5].
  • sphere of influence's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 175551801[6].
  • sphere of influence's MetaSat ID is recorded as sphereOfInfluence[7].

Why It Matters

sphere of influence ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (177 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[8] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[9]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [9] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_sphere-of-influence-q928582_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{sphere of influence}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/sphere-of-influence-q928582}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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