Home › Entities › astronomical_object_type › nova

nova

cataclysmic nuclear explosion in a white dwarf star
Thing astronomical_object_type Q6458
nova
NASA/CXC/M.Weiss · Public Domain · Wikimedia
Press Enter · cited answer in seconds

Summary

nova is an astronomical object type[1]. nova draws 3,850 Wikipedia views per month (astronomical object type category, ranking #35 of 289).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: astronomical phenomenon[3]
  • Subclass of: cataclysmic variable star[4], variable star[5]
  • Commons category: Novae[6]
  • Catalog code: N[7]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Novae[8]
  • Commons gallery: Nova[9]
  • Described by source: New Encyclopedic Dictionary[10], The New Student's Reference Work[11], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[12]
  • Different from: Nova[13]
  • Has list: list of novae in the Milky Way galaxy[14]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[15]

Why It Matters

nova has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] nova is known by 32 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

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.

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.

📑 Cite this page

Use these citations when quoting this entity in research, articles, AI prompts, or wherever provenance matters. We aggregate Wikidata + Wikipedia + authoritative open-data sources; the stitched, scored, cross-referenced view is what 4ort.xyz contributes.

APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). nova. Retrieved October 16, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/nova
MLA “nova.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 16 Oct. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/nova.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_nova_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{nova}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/nova}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-16}}
LLM prompt According to 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph (aggregator of Wikidata, Wikipedia, and authoritative open-data sources): nova — https://4ort.xyz/entity/nova (retrieved 2026-10-16)

Canonical URL: https://4ort.xyz/entity/nova · Last refreshed:

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. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has list → list of novae in the Milky Way galaxy
    On focus list of wikimedia project → Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
    Instance of → —
    Subclass of → cataclysmic variable star, variable star
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|5 */ Yso id: 10346, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
Live feed via Wikidata EventStreams. New edits appear within minutes of being made on Wikidata.