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eclipse

astronomical event where one body hides another
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Summary

eclipse ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,400 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: syzygy[2], astronomical phenomenon[3], occurrence[4]
  • Commons category: Eclipses[5]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Eclipses[6]
  • Commons gallery: Eclipse[7]
  • Described by source: Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[8], Otto's encyclopedia[9], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[10], Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon[11], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[12], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[13], The New Student's Reference Work[14]
  • Has effect: shadow[15]
  • Different from: Zaćmienie[16]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[17]

Why It Matters

eclipse has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] eclipse is known by 46 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

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. 11w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Biblissima authority id → Q295361
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Biblissima authority id: Q295361, Import ID Biblissima V3 ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/627d4912166|details]])"
  2. 15w ago · Andre Engels · 2026-06-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Oxford classical dictionary id → 2334
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Oxford classical dictionary id: 2334, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/107284569|eclipses (#107284569)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/4102|Oxford Classic"
  3. 17w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0346789-zatmeni-nebeskych-teles
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0346789-zatmeni-nebeskych-teles, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259662|batch #259662]]"
  4. 19w ago · Breogan2008 · 2026-05-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Enciclopedia galega universal id → 116964
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Enciclopedia galega universal id: 116964"
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