Volans

Summary

Volans is a constellation^[1]. Volans draws 88 Wikipedia views per month (constellation category, ranking #62 of 85).^[2]

Key Facts

• Volans is credited with the discovery of Petrus Plancius^[3].
• Volans's image is recorded as Constellation Volans.jpg^[4].
• Volans's instance of is recorded as constellation^[5].
• Volans's shares border with is recorded as Carina^[6].
• Volans's shares border with is recorded as Pictor^[7].
• Volans's shares border with is recorded as Dorado^[8].
• Volans's shares border with is recorded as Mensa^[9].
• Volans's shares border with is recorded as Chamaeleon^[10].
• flying fish is named after Volans^[11].
• Volans's locator map image is recorded as Volans constellation map.svg^[12].
• Volans's part of is recorded as Southern Celestial Hemisphere^[13].
• Volans's astronomic symbol image is recorded as Volans symbol (Moskowitz, variable width).svg^[14].
• Volans's Commons category is recorded as Volans (constellation)^[15].
• Volans's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1597-00-00T00:00:00Z^[16].
• Volans's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01f16j^[17].
• Volans's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Volans^[18].
• Volans's Commons gallery is recorded as Volans^[19].
• Volans's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0049759^[20].
• Volans's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[21].
• Volans's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[22].
• Volans's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)^[23].
• Volans's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as place/Volans^[24].
• Volans's topic has template is recorded as Template:Volans^[25].
• Volans's topic has template is recorded as Q10729070^[26].
• Volans's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'la', 'text': 'Volans'}^[27].

Body

Geography

Volans's part of is recorded as Southern Celestial Hemisphere^[13].

Physical Characteristics

Volans's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q254532', 'amount': '+141.4'}^[28].

Designation and Status

Volans's instance of is recorded as constellation^[5].

History and Context

flying fish is named after Volans^[11].

Why It Matters

Volans draws 88 Wikipedia views per month (constellation category, ranking #62 of 85).^[2] Volans has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[29] Volans is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[30]