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jellyfish galaxy

type of galaxy found in galaxy clusters, characterised by ram pressure stripping of gas from the affected galaxy by the intracluster medium, triggering starbursts along a tail of gas
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jellyfish galaxy
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jellyfish galaxy

Summary

jellyfish galaxy ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (42 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • jellyfish galaxy's image is recorded as NASA's Hubble Finds Life is Too Fast, Too Furious for This Runaway Galaxy (12952512944).jpg[2].
  • jellyfish galaxy's subclass of is recorded as galaxy[3].
  • jellyfish galaxy's Commons category is recorded as Jellyfish galaxies[4].
  • jellyfish galaxy's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/11c5qpygyr[5].

Why It Matters

jellyfish galaxy ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (42 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[6]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). jellyfish galaxy. Retrieved April 11, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/jellyfish-galaxy
MLA “jellyfish galaxy.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 11 Apr. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/jellyfish-galaxy.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_jellyfish-galaxy_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{jellyfish galaxy}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/jellyfish-galaxy}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-11}}
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