sun sensor

spacecraft instrument that senses the direction to the Sun
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sun sensor

Summary

sun sensor ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (27 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • sun sensor's image is recorded as Sonnensensor.jpg[2].
  • sun sensor's subclass of is recorded as sensor[3].
  • sun sensor's subclass of is recorded as navigational instrument[4].
  • sun sensor's part of is recorded as spacecraft[5].
  • sun sensor's has use is recorded as navigation[6].
  • sun sensor's has use is recorded as attitude control[7].
  • sun sensor's has part is recorded as photodetector[8].
  • sun sensor's has part is recorded as electronic circuit[9].
  • sun sensor's has characteristic is recorded as field of view[10].
  • sun sensor's has characteristic is recorded as angular resolution[11].
  • sun sensor's has characteristic is recorded as accuracy and precision[12].
  • sun sensor's has characteristic is recorded as Stochastic drift[13].
  • sun sensor's has characteristic is recorded as voltage[14].
  • sun sensor's has characteristic is recorded as power[15].
  • sun sensor's has characteristic is recorded as code[16].
  • sun sensor's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/120wrcs6[17].
  • sun sensor's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2779689694[18].
  • sun sensor's MetaSat ID is recorded as sunSensor[19].

Why It Matters

sun sensor ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (27 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . wikidata.org.
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  17. [18] . wikidata.org.
  18. [19] . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). sun sensor. Retrieved April 10, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/sun-sensor
MLA “sun sensor.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 10 Apr. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/sun-sensor.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_sun-sensor_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{sun sensor}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/sun-sensor}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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