tholin

class of molecules formed by ultraviolet irradiation of organic compounds
Thing chemical_substance Q73017
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tholin

Summary

tholin is a chemical substance[1]. tholin draws 240 Wikipedia views per month (chemical_substance category, ranking #12 of 70).[2]

Key Facts

  • tholin is credited with the discovery of Carl Sagan[3].
  • tholin is credited with the discovery of Bishun Khare[4].
  • tholin's instance of is recorded as chemical substance[5].
  • tholin's instance of is recorded as copolymer[6].
  • tholin's Commons category is recorded as Tholins[7].
  • tholin's color is recorded as red[8].
  • tholin's color is recorded as brown[9].
  • tholin's has part is recorded as organic compound[10].
  • tholin's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02bx88[11].
  • tholin's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/tholin[12].
  • tholin's fabrication method is recorded as ultraviolet radiation[13].
  • tholin's fabrication method is recorded as Miller–Urey experiment[14].
  • tholin's BabelNet ID is recorded as 03220660n[15].
  • tholin's NE.se ID is recorded as tholiner[16].
  • tholin's schematic is recorded as Formation of tholins in Titan's upper atmosphere.svg[17].
  • tholin's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 195853485[18].

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Works and Contributions

Credited discoveries include Carl Sagan[3], a cosmologist[19], 1934–1996[20], of United States[21], awarded the Solstice Award[22], specialised in astrobiology[23] and Bishun Khare[4], a biochemist[24], 1933–2013[25], of India[26].

Why It Matters

tholin draws 240 Wikipedia views per month (chemical_substance category, ranking #12 of 70).[2] tholin has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] tholin is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] . wikidata.org.
  4. [4] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . BabelNet. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [19] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [20] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [21] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [22] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [23] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [24] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [25] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [26] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [27] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [28] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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