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astrometry

branch of astronomy that covers star positions and their movements
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Summary

astrometry is a branch of astronomy[1]. astrometry draws 722 Wikipedia views per month (branch of astronomy category, ranking #4 of 19).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: academic discipline[3], field of study[4]
  • Subclass of: astronomy[5]
  • Commons category: Astrometry[6]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Astrometry[7]
  • Described by source: Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 1[8]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[9]
  • Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Astronomy[10], WikiProject Constellations[11]

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Influence

Things named for astrometry include 25000 Astrometria[12], an asteroid[13].

Why It Matters

astrometry has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] astrometry is known by 43 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

Entities named for astrometry include 25000 Astrometria[12], an asteroid[13].

Related Entities

Arthur Auwers astronomy

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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [13] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 11w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → astrometry
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: astrometry, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289914240|astrometry (#289914240)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #m"
  2. 18w ago · MariuszRokin · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → h0000781-astrometrie
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: h0000781-astrometrie, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259599|batch #259599]]"
  3. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → astronomy
    Local thumb → —
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|7 */ Yso id: 4774, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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