winter solstice

astronomical phenomenon that occurs in December in Northern Hemisphere and in June in Southern Hemisphere
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winter solstice

Summary

winter solstice ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (742 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • winter solstice's image is recorded as Earth-lighting-winter-solstice EN.png[2].
  • winter solstice's image is recorded as LHS sunstones.jpg[3].
  • winter solstice's image is recorded as StonehengeSunrise1980s.jpg[4].
  • winter solstice's subclass of is recorded as solstice[5].
  • winter solstice's Commons category is recorded as Winter solstices[6].
  • winter solstice's pronunciation audio is recorded as De-Wintersonnenwende.ogg[7].
  • winter solstice's opposite of is recorded as summer solstice[8].
  • winter solstice's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02qjfw4[9].
  • winter solstice's Iconclass notation is recorded as 24A73[10].
  • winter solstice's described by source is recorded as Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon[11].
  • winter solstice's described by source is recorded as Gujin Tushu Jicheng[12].
  • winter solstice's National Library of Latvia ID is recorded as 000325871[13].
  • winter solstice's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/winter-solstice[14].
  • winter solstice's has characteristic is recorded as maximum[15].
  • winter solstice's has characteristic is recorded as minimum[16].
  • winter solstice's BBC Things ID is recorded as a284623a-0fd7-4461-9d9c-9424d353cd24[17].
  • winter solstice's different from is recorded as December solstice[18].
  • winter solstice's month of the year is recorded as December[19].
  • winter solstice's month of the year is recorded as June[20].
  • winter solstice's JSTOR topic ID is recorded as winter-solstice[21].
  • winter solstice's PACTOLS thesaurus ID is recorded as pcrtwcBE2KhIIb[22].
  • winter solstice's Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID is recorded as vintersolverv[23].
  • winter solstice's Google Doodle is recorded as winter-solstice-2017-northern-hemisphere[24].
  • winter solstice's Google Doodle is recorded as winter-solstice-2014-northern-hemisphere[25].
  • winter solstice's Google Doodle is recorded as winter-solstice-2018-observed-northern-hemisphere[26].

Why It Matters

winter solstice ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (742 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] It is known by 34 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  16. [17] . BBC Things. wikidata.org.
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Aggregate / graph-position facts

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

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