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faint young Sun paradox

apparent mystery that the early Earth seems to have had liquid water, even though the young Sun was less bright, thus presumably completely freezing the Earth
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faint young Sun paradox

Summary

faint young Sun paradox is a paradox[1]. It draws 235 Wikipedia views per month (paradox category, ranking #31 of 104).[2]

Key Facts

  • faint young Sun paradox's instance of is recorded as paradox[3].
  • faint young Sun paradox's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/06vl8z[4].
  • faint young Sun paradox's facet of is recorded as Sun[5].
  • faint young Sun paradox's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/faint-young-Sun-paradox[6].
  • faint young Sun paradox's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 35232858[7].

Why It Matters

faint young Sun paradox draws 235 Wikipedia views per month (paradox category, ranking #31 of 104).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[8] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[9]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

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

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_faint-young-sun-paradox_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{faint young Sun paradox}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/faint-young-sun-paradox}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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