Pith Number

pith:XGKGGPNR

pith:2011:XGKGGPNRKTSEEKRF6CJGSSVFRM

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The non-uniform, dynamic atmosphere of Betelgeuse observed at mid-infrared wavelengths

Berkeley), C. H. Townes (1), Department of Physics, E. H. Wishnow (1), H. Mistry (1), K. Tatebe (1) ((1) Space Sciences Laboratory, S. Lockwood (1), University of California, V. Ravi (1)

arxiv:1105.3273 v2 · 2011-05-17 · astro-ph.SR · astro-ph.IM

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\pithnumber{XGKGGPNRKTSEEKRF6CJGSSVFRM}

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First computed	2026-05-18T02:01:57.462452Z
Builder	pith-number-builder-2026-05-17-v1
Signature	Pith Ed25519 (`pith-v1-2026-05`) · public key
Schema	pith-number/v1.0

Canonical hash

b994633db154e4422a25f092694aa58b1a4e5960997039dc13ee05b5956ff936

Aliases

arxiv: 1105.3273 · arxiv_version: 1105.3273v2 · doi: 10.48550/arxiv.1105.3273 · pith_short_12: XGKGGPNRKTSE · pith_short_16: XGKGGPNRKTSEEKRF · pith_short_8: XGKGGPNR

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Verify this Pith Number yourself

curl -sH 'Accept: application/ld+json' https://pith.science/pith/XGKGGPNRKTSEEKRF6CJGSSVFRM \
  | jq -c '.canonical_record' \
  | python3 -c "import sys,json,hashlib; b=json.dumps(json.loads(sys.stdin.read()), sort_keys=True, separators=(',',':'), ensure_ascii=False).encode(); print(hashlib.sha256(b).hexdigest())"
# expect: b994633db154e4422a25f092694aa58b1a4e5960997039dc13ee05b5956ff936

Canonical record JSON

{
  "metadata": {
    "abstract_canon_sha256": "56f46dc89cda7418a7c780397394ce1f1607db90ea4092308f94ddbea8bfb9ab",
    "cross_cats_sorted": [
      "astro-ph.IM"
    ],
    "license": "http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/",
    "primary_cat": "astro-ph.SR",
    "submitted_at": "2011-05-17T03:45:09Z",
    "title_canon_sha256": "5880d0cc35dc29226f60cc278067e038d40e110e84d61cb3a09a851d8cf5d59e"
  },
  "schema_version": "1.0",
  "source": {
    "id": "1105.3273",
    "kind": "arxiv",
    "version": 2
  }
}