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red giant

stars powered by fusion of hydrogen in shell with an inactive core of helium
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Summary

red giant is an astronomical object type[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of astronomical object type entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,828 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: giant star[3]
  • Commons category: Red giants[4]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Red giants[5]
  • Different from: red star[6]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[7]
  • P14541: 1EW1Mw[8]

Why It Matters

red giant has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[9] It is known by 36 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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Edit History

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. 13d ago · Profesorul Blazat · 2026-10-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 84
    Different from → red star
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'an', 'ar', 'ast', 'az', 'azb', 'be', 'bg', 'bn', 'bs', 'ca', 'cs', 'cv',
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Different from: red star"
  2. 14w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → red-giants
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: red-giants, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289953850|red giants (#289953850)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #m"
  3. 14w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 1EW1Mw
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
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