supermassive black hole

Summary

supermassive black hole is an astronomical object type^[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of astronomical_object_type entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,183 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• supermassive black hole's video is recorded as Artist’s impression of a supermassive black hole at the centre of a galaxy.webm^[3].
• supermassive black hole's image is recorded as Black hole - Messier 87 crop max res.jpg^[4].
• supermassive black hole's instance of is recorded as astronomical object type^[5].
• supermassive black hole's subclass of is recorded as black hole^[6].
• supermassive black hole's subclass of is recorded as central massive object^[7].
• supermassive black hole's subclass of is recorded as compact object^[8].
• supermassive black hole's part of is recorded as active galactic nucleus^[9].
• supermassive black hole's Commons category is recorded as Supermassive black holes^[10].
• supermassive black hole's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01fl5v^[11].
• supermassive black hole's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Supermassive black holes^[12].
• supermassive black hole's spoken text audio is recorded as En-Supermassive black hole-article.ogg^[13].
• supermassive black hole's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'SMBH'}^[14].
• supermassive black hole's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'TNSM'}^[15].
• supermassive black hole's BabelNet ID is recorded as 01441834n^[16].
• supermassive black hole's Quora topic ID is recorded as Supermassive-Black-Holes^[17].
• supermassive black hole's JSTOR topic ID is recorded as supermassive-black-holes^[18].
• supermassive black hole's Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID is recorded as supermassivt_sort_hull^[19].
• supermassive black hole's Unified Astronomy Thesaurus ID is recorded as 1663^[20].
• supermassive black hole's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4^[21].
• supermassive black hole's Fandom article ID is recorded as space:Supermassive_Black_Hole^[22].
• supermassive black hole's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 173120059^[23].
• supermassive black hole's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C173120059^[24].
• supermassive black hole's Pixiv Encyclopedia ID is recorded as 超大質量ブラックホール^[25].
• supermassive black hole's Great Russian Encyclopedia portal ID is recorded as sverkhmassivnye-chiornye-dyry-9d1694^[26].
• supermassive black hole's Vikidia article ID is recorded as fr:Trou_noir_supermassif^[27].

Why It Matters

supermassive black hole ranks in the top 3% of astronomical_object_type entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,183 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 52 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]