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baryon

proton or any other hadron that is composed of an odd number of quarks (at least three)
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Summary

baryon is a type of quantum particle[1]. baryon draws 4,643 Wikipedia views per month (type of quantum particle category, ranking #16 of 125).[2]

Key Facts

  • Follows: meson[3]
  • Followed by: tetraquark[4]
  • Subclass of: hadron[5], fermion[6], matter composed of quarks[7]
  • Commons category: Baryons[8]
  • Interaction: strong interaction[9], gravity[10]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Baryons[11]
  • Described by source: Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[12]
  • Equivalent class: https://w3id.org/emmo#EMMO_24dda193_ada8_433b_bb74_6ca4a0b89a20[13]
  • Antiparticle: antibaryon[14]
  • Has list: list of baryons[15]
  • Has part(s) of the class: quark[16]
  • Named by: Abraham Pais[17]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[18]

Why It Matters

baryon has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] baryon is known by 43 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

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.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . Q141668297. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [20] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6d ago · عُثمان · 2026-10-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 80
    Equivalent class → https://w3id.org/emmo#EMMO_24dda193_ada8_433b_bb74_6ca4a0b89
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'ar', 'ast', 'az', 'be', 'bg', 'bn', 'bs', 'ca', 'co', 'cs', 'cv', 'cy',
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Equivalent class: https://w3id.org/emmo#EMMO_24dda193_ada8_433b_bb74_6ca4a0b89a20"
  2. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Followed by → tetraquark
    Follows → meson
    Instance of → type of quantum particle
    Follows → —
    + 15 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ National library of israel j9u id: 987007282991905171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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