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The Planetary Society

American non-profit research society
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The Planetary Society
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The Planetary Society

Summary

The Planetary Society is a nonprofit organization[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of nonprofit_organization entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (156 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Planetary Society is located in Pasadena[3].
  • The Planetary Society is in the country of United States[4].
  • The Planetary Society's image is recorded as Planetary society.jpg[5].
  • The Planetary Society's instance of is recorded as nonprofit organization[6].
  • The Planetary Society's founder is recorded as Carl Sagan[7].
  • The Planetary Society's founder is recorded as Bruce C. Murray[8].
  • The Planetary Society's founder is recorded as Louis Friedman[9].
  • The Planetary Society's headquarters location is recorded as Pasadena[10].
  • The Planetary Society's ISNI is recorded as 0000000107196980[11].
  • The Planetary Society's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 123184375[12].
  • The Planetary Society's GND ID is recorded as 5167087-2[13].
  • The Planetary Society's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n82165098[14].
  • The Planetary Society's Commons category is recorded as The Planetary Society[15].
  • +1980-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of The Planetary Society[16].
  • The Planetary Society's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0164vd[17].
  • The Planetary Society's official website is recorded as http://planetary.org/[18].
  • The Planetary Society's official website is recorded as https://www.Planetary.org[19].
  • The Planetary Society's topic's main category is recorded as Category:The Planetary Society[20].
  • The Planetary Society's IRS Employer Identification Number is recorded as 95-3423566[21].
  • The Planetary Society's legal form is recorded as nonprofit organization[22].
  • The Planetary Society's legal form is recorded as 501(c)(3) organization[23].
  • The Planetary Society's X is recorded as exploreplanets[24].
  • The Planetary Society's Instagram username is recorded as planetarysociety[25].
  • The Planetary Society's Facebook username is recorded as planetarysociety[26].
  • The Planetary Society's total revenue is recorded as {'unit': 'Q4917', 'amount': '+4510681'}[27].

Body

Founding

Founders include Carl Sagan[7], Bruce C. Murray[8], and Louis Friedman[9]. +1980-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of The Planetary Society[16].

Operations

The Planetary Society's headquarters location is recorded as Pasadena[10].

Why It Matters

The Planetary Society ranks in the top 5% of nonprofit_organization entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (156 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28]

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . GRID Release 2017-05-22. wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . charitynavigator.org. Retrieved . charitynavigator.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . Google Knowledge Graph. Retrieved . Planetary.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . Google Knowledge Graph. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . Google Knowledge Graph. wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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