cataclysmic variable star

stars which irregularly increase in brightness by a large factor, then drop back down to a quiescent state
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cataclysmic variable star

Summary

cataclysmic variable star is an astronomical object type[1]. It draws 88 Wikipedia views per month (astronomical_object_type category, ranking #140 of 289).[2]

Key Facts

  • cataclysmic variable star's image is recorded as Accretion Disk Binary System.jpg[3].
  • cataclysmic variable star's instance of is recorded as astronomical object type[4].
  • cataclysmic variable star's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85020770[5].
  • cataclysmic variable star's subclass of is recorded as variable star[6].
  • cataclysmic variable star's subclass of is recorded as binary star[7].
  • cataclysmic variable star's BNCF Thesaurus ID is recorded as 75162[8].
  • cataclysmic variable star's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/017fvq[9].
  • cataclysmic variable star's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Cataclysmic variable stars[10].
  • cataclysmic variable star's BabelNet ID is recorded as 00978606n[11].
  • cataclysmic variable star's permanent duplicated item is recorded as cataclysmic binary star[12].
  • cataclysmic variable star's JSTOR topic ID is recorded as cataclysmic-variables[13].
  • cataclysmic variable star's Unified Astronomy Thesaurus ID is recorded as 1836[14].
  • cataclysmic variable star's Unified Astronomy Thesaurus ID is recorded as 203[15].
  • cataclysmic variable star's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 196778148[16].
  • cataclysmic variable star's National Library of Israel J9U ID is recorded as 987007284716805171[17].
  • cataclysmic variable star's Lex ID is recorded as Kataklysmisk_variabel_stjerne[18].
  • cataclysmic variable star's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C196778148[19].
  • cataclysmic variable star's Encyclopedia of China is recorded as 146977[20].
  • cataclysmic variable star's Pixiv Encyclopedia ID is recorded as 激変星[21].
  • cataclysmic variable star's Yale LUX ID is recorded as concept/a9b53506-0341-43cf-862b-9d101d1f2be5[22].

Why It Matters

cataclysmic variable star draws 88 Wikipedia views per month (astronomical_object_type category, ranking #140 of 289).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23] It is known by 26 alternative names across languages and contexts.[24]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . General Catalogue of Variable Stars. sai.msu.su. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . BabelNet. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . National Library of Israel Names and Subjects Authority File. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [23] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [24] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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