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Wolf–Rayet star

evolved, massive star that has run out of hydrogen
Thing spectral_class Q6251
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Summary

Wolf–Rayet star is a spectral class[1]. It draws 5,270 Wikipedia views per month (spectral class category, ranking #3 of 20).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: astronomical object type[3]
  • Named after: Charles Wolf[4], Georges Rayet[5]
  • Subclass of: emission-line star[6]
  • Commons category: Wolf-Rayet stars[7]
  • Has part(s): Wolf–Rayet nebula[8]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Wolf–Rayet stars[9]
  • Described by source: Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 11[10]
  • Different from: Wolf–Rayet-type star[11]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[12]

Why It Matters

Wolf–Rayet star has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] It is known by 45 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

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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.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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    Topic's main category → Category:Wolf–Rayet stars
    Subclass of → emission-line star
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