Type II supernova

Explosion of a star 8 to 45 times the mass of the Sun
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Type II supernova

Summary

Type II supernova is an astronomical object type[1]. It draws 441 Wikipedia views per month (astronomical_object_type category, ranking #63 of 289).[2]

Key Facts

  • Type II supernova's image is recorded as HST SN 1987A 20th anniversary.jpg[3].
  • Type II supernova's instance of is recorded as astronomical object type[4].
  • Type II supernova's subclass of is recorded as supernova[5].
  • Type II supernova's Commons category is recorded as Type II supernovae[6].
  • Type II supernova's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02qxzvx[7].
  • Type II supernova's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Type II supernovae[8].
  • Type II supernova's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/Type-II-supernova[9].
  • Type II supernova's JSTOR topic ID is recorded as core-collapse-supernovae[10].
  • Type II supernova's Unified Astronomy Thesaurus ID is recorded as 1731[11].
  • Type II supernova's Elhuyar ZTH ID is recorded as 136099[12].
  • Type II supernova's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 31461409[13].
  • Type II supernova's KBpedia ID is recorded as TypeIISupernova[14].
  • Type II supernova's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C31461409[15].

Why It Matters

Type II supernova draws 441 Wikipedia views per month (astronomical_object_type category, ranking #63 of 289).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] It is known by 16 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . KBpedia. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [17] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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