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OB star

hot, massive star of spectral types O or early-type B that form in OB associations
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OB star

Summary

OB star is an astronomical object type[1]. It draws 63 Wikipedia views per month (astronomical_object_type category, ranking #138 of 289).[2]

Key Facts

  • OB star's instance of is recorded as astronomical object type[3].
  • OB star's subclass of is recorded as star[4].
  • OB star's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/07kr17[5].
  • OB star's JSTOR topic ID is recorded as ob-stars[6].
  • OB star's Unified Astronomy Thesaurus ID is recorded as 1141[7].
  • OB star's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2780855866[8].
  • OB star's ScienceDirect topic ID is recorded as physics-and-astronomy/ob-stars[9].
  • OB star's Pixiv Encyclopedia ID is recorded as OB型星[10].

Why It Matters

OB star draws 63 Wikipedia views per month (astronomical_object_type category, ranking #138 of 289).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[11] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[12]

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [12] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). OB star. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/ob-star
MLA “OB star.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/ob-star.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_ob-star_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{OB star}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/ob-star}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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