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transit of Mercury

a transit of Mercury across the Sun
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transit of Mercury

Summary

transit of Mercury ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (118 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • transit of Mercury is credited with the discovery of Pierre Gassendi[2].
  • transit of Mercury's image is recorded as Mercury transit 2.jpg[3].
  • transit of Mercury's subclass of is recorded as astronomical transit[4].
  • transit of Mercury's astronomic symbol image is recorded as Mercury transit symbol.svg[5].
  • transit of Mercury's Commons category is recorded as Transits of Mercury[6].
  • transit of Mercury's has part is recorded as transit of Mercury, 2016[7].
  • transit of Mercury's has part is recorded as transit of Mercury, 2019[8].
  • transit of Mercury's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02ys3p[9].
  • transit of Mercury's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Transit of Mercury[10].
  • transit of Mercury's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[11].
  • transit of Mercury's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 534773279[12].
  • transit of Mercury's KBpedia ID is recorded as TransitOfMercury[13].

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Works and Contributions

transit of Mercury is credited with the discovery of Pierre Gassendi[2].

Why It Matters

transit of Mercury ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (118 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] It is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

Related Entities

Pierre Gassendi

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . KBpedia. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8w ago · Edo999 · 2026-05-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Discoverer or inventor → Pierre Gassendi
    Described by source → Otto's encyclopedia
    Subclass of → astronomical transit
    Has parts → —
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P279]]: [[Q7556892]]"
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