aurora

Summary

aurora ranks in the top 0.21% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (12,551 views/month, #163 of 77,819).^[1]

Key Facts

• aurora is a type of optical phenomenon^[2].
• aurora is a type of astrophysical process^[3].
• aurora is a type of electrometeor^[4].
• aurora's Commons category is recorded as Polar aurora^[5].
• aurora's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Polar aurora^[6].
• aurora's Commons gallery is recorded as Aurora^[7].
• aurora's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[8].
• aurora's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[9].
• aurora's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica Ninth Edition^[10].
• aurora's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[11].
• aurora's described by source is recorded as The American Cyclopædia^[12].
• aurora's described by source is recorded as Infernal Dictionary, 6th ed.^[13].
• aurora's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia^[14].
• aurora's described by source is recorded as Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary^[15].
• aurora's described by source is recorded as The New Student's Reference Work^[16].
• aurora's described by source is recorded as Desktop Encyclopedic Dictionary^[17].
• aurora's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)^[18].
• aurora's different from is recorded as Aurora^[19].
• aurora's hashtag is recorded as northernlights^[20].
• aurora's hashtag is recorded as auroraborealis^[21].
• aurora's hashtag is recorded as Aurora^[22].
• aurora's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4^[23].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include optical phenomenon^[2], astrophysical process^[3], and electrometeor^[4].

Influence

Things named for aurora include Aurora Australis^[24], an icebreaker^[25]; Nordlys^[26], a ferry^[27]; Auroracoin^[28], a software^[29], founded in 2014^[30]; and Aurora Borealis^[31], an icebreaker^[32].

Why It Matters

aurora ranks in the top 0.21% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (12,551 views/month, #163 of 77,819).^[1] aurora has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[33] aurora is known by 109 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[34]

Entities named for aurora include Aurora Australis^[24], an icebreaker^[25]; Nordlys^[26], a ferry^[27]; Auroracoin^[28], a software^[29], founded in 2014^[30]; and Aurora Borealis^[31], an icebreaker^[32].