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protostar

early stage in the process of star formation
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Summary

protostar is an astronomical object type[1]. protostar draws 2,434 Wikipedia views per month (astronomical object type category, ranking #78 of 289).[2]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: young stellar object[3]
  • Part of: star formation[4]
  • Commons category: Protostars[5]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Protostars[6]
  • Stack Exchange tag: https://astronomy.stackexchange.com/tags/protostar[7]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[8]

Why It Matters

protostar has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[9] protostar is known by 45 alternative names across languages and contexts.[10]

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.

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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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_protostar_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{protostar}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/protostar}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-14}}
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  1. 14w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main category → Category:Protostars
    Part of → star formation
    Subclass of → —
    Part of → —
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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