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planetary nebula

emission nebula consisting of a shell of ionized gas ejected from a red giant
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Summary

planetary nebula is an astronomical object type[1]. It draws 5,878 Wikipedia views per month (astronomical object type category, ranking #41 of 289).[2]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: emission nebula[3]
  • Part of: galaxy[4]
  • Commons category: Planetary nebulae[5]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Planetary nebulae[6]
  • Topic has template: Template:Infobox planetary nebula[7]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[8]

Why It Matters

planetary nebula has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[9] It is known by 30 alternative names across languages and contexts.[10]

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Direct Wikidata claims

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

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [9] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [10] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 14w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → p3yCE
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  2. 18w ago · MariuszRokin · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0414523-planetarni-mlhoviny
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0414523-planetarni-mlhoviny, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259599|batch #259599]]"
  3. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ Yso id: 9251, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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