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surface brightness

measure of brightness of an astronomical object
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surface brightness

Summary

surface brightness ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (39 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • surface brightness's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh00000211[2].
  • surface brightness's subclass of is recorded as photometric quantity[3].
  • surface brightness's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/04whsc[4].
  • surface brightness's JSTOR topic ID is recorded as integrated-magnitude[5].
  • surface brightness's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 91228026[6].
  • surface brightness's National Library of Israel J9U ID is recorded as 987007290691805171[7].
  • surface brightness's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C91228026[8].
  • surface brightness's Yale LUX ID is recorded as concept/5ef420fa-f465-48c8-a4ee-39d7e8f2cdbc[9].

Why It Matters

surface brightness ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (39 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[10] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[11]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . National Library of Israel Names and Subjects Authority File. wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [11] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_surface-brightness_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{surface brightness}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/surface-brightness}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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