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celestial mechanics

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Summary

celestial mechanics is a branch of mechanics[1]. It draws 2,023 Wikipedia views per month (branch of mechanics category, ranking #9 of 22).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: branch of astronomy[3]
  • Subclass of: astronomy[4], mechanics[5]
  • Part of: astronomy[6]
  • Commons category: Celestial mechanics[7]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Celestial mechanics[8]
  • Described by source: New Encyclopedic Dictionary[9], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[10], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[11], Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[12]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[13]

Why It Matters

celestial mechanics has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] It is known by 38 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

Related Entities

Aleš Čepek Alexander Ollongren astronomy Carl Ludwig Siegel Henri Poincaré Isaac Newton Joseph-Louis Lagrange Nevil Maskelyne Pierre-Simon Laplace Urbain Le Verrier

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] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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. 14w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 1OkLlp
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  2. 18w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → h0000800-nebeska-mechanika
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: h0000800-nebeska-mechanika, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259493|batch #259493]]"
  3. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Part of → astronomy
    Instance of → —
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → astronomy, mechanics
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|6 */ Yso id: 3752, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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