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Lupus

constellation in the southern celestial hemisphere
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Summary

Lupus is a constellation[1]. Lupus draws 1,279 Wikipedia views per month (constellation category, ranking #39 of 85).[2]

Key Facts

  • Shares border with: Norma[3], Scorpius[4], Circinus[5], Centaurus[6], Libra[7], Hydra[8]
  • Named after: Canis lupus[9], Uridimmu[10]
  • Part of: Southern Celestial Hemisphere[11]
  • Commons category: Lupus (constellation)[12]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Lupus (constellation)[13]
  • Commons gallery: Lupus[14]
  • Topic has template: Template:Stars of Lupus[15], Šablona:Souhvězdí Vlka[16]
  • Official name: Lupus[17]
  • Short name: Lup[18]
  • Area: 334 square degree[19]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[20]

Why It Matters

Lupus has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21] Lupus is known by 30 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . iau.org. iau.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [21] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [22] ↑ . 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. 9w ago · Putnik · 2026-08-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija id → vilkas-1
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija id: vilkas-1"
  2. 14w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 14jQym
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  3. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Named after → grey wolf, Uridimmu
    Part of → Southern Celestial Hemisphere
    Topic's main category → Category:Lupus (constellation)
    Instance of → constellation
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ National library of israel j9u id: 987007538665405171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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