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celestial navigation

Summary

celestial navigation ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,827 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • celestial navigation is a type of guidance system[2].
  • celestial navigation's Commons category is recorded as Celestial navigation[3].
  • celestial navigation's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Celestial navigation[4].
  • celestial navigation's facet of is recorded as astronomy[5].
  • celestial navigation's described by source is recorded as New Encyclopedic Dictionary[6].
  • celestial navigation's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[7].

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Definition and Type

celestial navigation is a type of guidance system[2].

Why It Matters

celestial navigation ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,827 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[8] It is known by 26 alternative names across languages and contexts.[9]

Related Entities

astronomy

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.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [9] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_celestial-navigation_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{celestial navigation}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/celestial-navigation}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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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. 5w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 3qdxgW
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  2. 9w ago · MariuszRokin · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0296742-astronavigace
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: 0296742-astronavigace, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259599|batch #259599]]"
  3. 12w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → —
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → guidance system
    Described by source → New Encyclopedic Dictionary
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007562908505171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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