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orbital period

time taken for a given object to make one complete orbit around another object, and applies in astronomy to mostly either planets or asteroids orbiting the Sun, moons orbiting planets, exoplanets orbiting other stars, or binary stars
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Summary

orbital period ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,280 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: orbital period[2], physical quantity[3]
  • Topic's main category: Q9960992[4]
  • Facet of: orbital revolution[5]
  • Main Wikidata property: P2146[6]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[7]
  • Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Mathematics[8]

Why It Matters

orbital period has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[9] It is known by 94 alternative names across languages and contexts.[10]

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [9] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [10] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5w ago · Autom · 2026-09-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → orbital period, physical quantity
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Subclass of: orbital period"
  2. 20w ago · InternetArchiveBot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → —
    Main wikidata property → P2146
    Topic's main category → Q9960992
    Maintained by wikiproject → WikiProject Mathematics
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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