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solar wind

stream of charged particles released from the Sun
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solar wind
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Summary

solar wind is a stellar wind[1]. It draws 5,660 Wikipedia views per month (stellar wind category, ranking #1 of 1).[2]

Key Facts

  • Part of: heliosphere[3], solar phenomena[4]
  • Commons category: Solar wind[5]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Solar wind[6]
  • Stack Exchange tag: https://astronomy.stackexchange.com/tags/solar-wind[7], https://space.stackexchange.com/tags/solar-wind[8], https://physics.stackexchange.com/tags/solar-wind[9]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[10]
  • Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Astronomy[11], WikiProject Solar System[12], WikiProject Space weather[13], WikiProject Physics[14]

Why It Matters

solar wind has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] It is known by 56 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

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.
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  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [16] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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