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cosmic dust

dust floating in space
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Summary

cosmic dust is an astronomical object type[1]. It ranks in the top 7% of astronomical object type entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,569 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: astronomical object[3], dust[4], particle[5]
  • Part of: outer space[6]
  • Commons category: Interstellar dust[7]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Cosmic dust[8]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[9]

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Influence

Things named for cosmic dust include Star Dust[10], a film[11], directed by Walter Lang[12].

Why It Matters

cosmic dust has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] It is known by 55 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

Entities named for it include Star Dust[10], a film[11], directed by Walter Lang[12].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [11] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [12] ↑ . 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. [13] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 14w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → oZLc1
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  2. 17w ago · JhealdBatch bot · 2026-06-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    On focus list of wikimedia project → Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/36807|batch #36807]]: tag for concrete/abstract disjunction anomaly"
  3. 23w ago · Mullanur · 2026-05-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Part of → outer space
    Subclass of → astronomical object, dust, particle
    Subclass of → —
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Fandom article id: ru.science:Космическая_пыль"
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