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solar flare

sudden flash of increased brightness on the Sun, usually observed near its surface and in close proximity to a sunspot group
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Summary

solar flare ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,807 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Location: stellar atmosphere[2], Solar System[3], solar corona[4]
  • Subclass of: astrophysical process[5], electromagnetic pulse[6]
  • Part of: solar phenomena[7]
  • Commons category: Solar flares[8]
  • Has effect: Zonnebeving[9]
  • Studied by: Solar dynamo[10]
  • Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Astronomy[11], WikiProject Solar System[12]
  • P14541: gyFGa[13]

Why It Matters

solar flare has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] It is known by 46 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . 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. 6w ago · Treisijs · 2026-08-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Maintained by wikiproject → WikiProject Astronomy, WikiProject Solar System
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Maintained by wikiproject: WikiProject Astronomy"
  2. 14w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → gyFGa
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  3. 18w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0308703-slunecni-erupce
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0308703-slunecni-erupce, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259490|batch #259490]]"
  4. 19w ago · C960657 · 2026-06-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Lex id → solstorm
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Lex id: solstorm"
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