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balloon

Summary

balloon ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (554 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • balloon is operated by United States Navy[2].
  • balloon is operated by Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute[3].
  • balloon is a type of aerostat[4].
  • balloon is a type of unpowered aircraft[5].
  • balloon's Commons category is recorded as Balloon aircraft[6].
  • balloon's said to be the same as is recorded as gas balloon[7].
  • balloon's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Balloons (aeronautics)[8].
  • balloon's Commons gallery is recorded as Balloon[9].
  • balloon's different from is recorded as Ballon[10].
  • balloon's different from is recorded as balloon[11].
  • balloon's has part is recorded as gondola[12].
  • balloon's exact match is recorded as http://wordnet-rdf.princeton.edu/wn30/02782093-n[13].
  • balloon's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[14].
  • balloon's category for the view from the item is recorded as Category:Views from balloon aircraft[15].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include aerostat[4] and unpowered aircraft[5].

Why It Matters

balloon ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (554 views/month).[1] balloon has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] balloon is known by 36 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

Related Entities

Jacques Charles Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [17] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 9d ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described by source → ['Q602358', 'Q19180675']
    P14541 → 2Gss9K
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  2. 5w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0329232-balony
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: 0329232-balony, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259493|batch #259493]]"
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