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meteor shower

celestial event caused by streams of meteoroids entering Earth's atmosphere
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meteor shower

Summary

meteor shower ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,362 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • meteor shower is a type of astronomical phenomenon[2].
  • meteor shower's Commons category is recorded as Meteor showers[3].
  • meteor shower's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Meteor showers[4].
  • meteor shower's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[5].
  • meteor shower's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[6].
  • meteor shower's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 1[7].
  • meteor shower's topic has template is recorded as Template:Infobox meteor shower[8].
  • meteor shower's topic has template is recorded as Template:Meteor showers[9].
  • meteor shower's has list is recorded as list of meteor showers[10].

Body

Definition and Type

meteor shower is a type of astronomical phenomenon[2].

Why It Matters

meteor shower ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,362 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[11] It is known by 52 alternative names across languages and contexts.[12]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [12] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → —
    Has list → list of meteor showers
    Great russian encyclopedia online id (2017) → 2208677
    Local thumb → —
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007539992105171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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