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radio astronomy

subfield of astronomy that studies celestial objects at radio frequencies
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Summary

radio astronomy is a branch of astronomy[1]. It draws 1,270 Wikipedia views per month (branch of astronomy category, ranking #3 of 19).[2]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: observational astronomy[3]
  • Commons category: Radio astronomy[4]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Radio astronomy[5]
  • Topic has template: Template:Radio-astronomy[6]
  • Is the study of: astronomical object[7]
  • Practiced by: radio astronomer[8]

Why It Matters

radio astronomy has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[9] It is known by 26 alternative names across languages and contexts.[10]

Related Entities

Bernard Lovell Frank Drake Grote Reber Jacques Arsac Jan Hendrik Oort Karl Guthe Jansky Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy Nikolai Kardashev Ruby Payne-Scott Spektr-R

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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.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [9] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [10] ↑ . 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. 13w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → HYjs2
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  2. 16w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-06-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → radio-astronomy
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: radio-astronomy, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289953288|radio astronomy (#289953288)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper'"
  3. 17w ago · MariuszRokin · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → h0000805-radioastronomie
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: h0000805-radioastronomie, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259599|batch #259599]]"
  4. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Is the study of → astronomical object
    Topic has template → Template:Radio-astronomy
    Subclass of → observational astronomy
    Instance of → —
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|5 */ Yso id: 17550, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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