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magnetic sail

proposed spacecraft propulsion method that takes advantage of solar wind
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magnetic sail

Summary

magnetic sail is a hypothetical technology[1]. It draws 124 Wikipedia views per month (hypothetical_technology category, ranking #32 of 64).[2]

Key Facts

  • magnetic sail's image is recorded as Andrews Zubrin Magsail.jpg[3].
  • magnetic sail's instance of is recorded as hypothetical technology[4].
  • magnetic sail's subclass of is recorded as spacecraft propulsion[5].
  • magnetic sail's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/09fpp[6].
  • magnetic sail's different from is recorded as electric sail[7].
  • magnetic sail's different from is recorded as solar sail[8].
  • magnetic sail's uses is recorded as magnetic field[9].
  • magnetic sail's uses is recorded as Field propulsion[10].
  • magnetic sail's uses is recorded as solar wind[11].
  • magnetic sail's uses is recorded as plasma[12].
  • magnetic sail's JSTOR topic ID is recorded as magnetic-sails[13].
  • magnetic sail's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2779046794[14].
  • magnetic sail's Encyclopedia of China is recorded as 416803[15].

Why It Matters

magnetic sail draws 124 Wikipedia views per month (hypothetical_technology category, ranking #32 of 64).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [17] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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