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neutron star

collapsed core of a massive star consisting mainly of neutrons
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Summary

neutron star is an astronomical object type[1]. It ranks in the top 0.69% of astronomical object type entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (19,586 views/month, #2 of 289).[2]

Key Facts

  • Made from material: Neutron-degenerate matter[3]
  • Subclass of: compact object[4]
  • Part of: Thorne–Żytkow object[5], X-ray binary[6], compact object[7]
  • Commons category: Neutron stars[8]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Neutron stars[9]
  • Described by source: Star Trek Fact Files[10], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 8[11]
  • Topic has template: Template:Neutron star[12]
  • Studied by: astrophysics[13]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[14]

Why It Matters

neutron star has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] It is known by 32 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

Related Entities

astrophysics

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.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [16] ↑ . 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 · Shocksingularity · 2026-07-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Part of → Thorne–Żytkow object, X-ray binary, compact object
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Part of: compact object"
  2. 16w ago · Putnik · 2026-06-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija id → neutronines-zvaigzdes
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija id: neutronines-zvaigzdes"
  3. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic has template → Template:Neutron star
    Subclass of → compact object
    Instance of → —
    Aliases → —
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ Yso id: 10870, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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