Wilson

Summary

Wilson is an impact crater^[1]. Wilson ranks in the top 6% of impact_crater entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Wilson's image is recorded as Wilson crater 4154 h2.jpg^[3].
• Wilson's instance of is recorded as impact crater^[4].
• Alexander Wilson is named after Wilson^[5].
• Charles Thomson Rees Wilson is named after Wilson^[6].
• Ralph Elmer Wilson is named after Wilson^[7].
• Wilson's location is recorded as LQ30^[8].
• Wilson's Commons category is recorded as Wilson (lunar crater)^[9].
• Wilson's located on astronomical body is recorded as Moon^[10].
• Wilson's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': -69.33, 'lon': -42.83}^[11].
• Wilson's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/05cw82^[12].
• Wilson's diameter is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+66.6'}^[13].
• Wilson's Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature ID is recorded as 6556^[14].

Body

Designation and Status

Wilson's instance of is recorded as impact crater^[4].

History and Context

Things named after include Alexander Wilson^[5], a mathematician^[15], 1714–1786^[16], of Kingdom of Great Britain^[17], awarded the honorary doctorate^[18], specialised in astronomy^[19]; Charles Thomson Rees Wilson^[6], a physicist^[20], 1869–1959^[21], of United Kingdom^[22], awarded the Fellow of the Royal Society^[23], specialised in physics^[24]; and Ralph Elmer Wilson^[7], an astronomer^[25], 1886–1960^[26], of United States^[27].

Why It Matters

Wilson ranks in the top 6% of impact_crater entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3 views/month).^[2] Wilson has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28]