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spiral galaxy

galaxy having a number of arms of younger stars that spiral out from the centre containing older ones
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spiral galaxy

Summary

spiral galaxy is an astronomical object type[1]. It draws 1,253 Wikipedia views per month (astronomical_object_type category, ranking #45 of 289).[2]

Key Facts

  • spiral galaxy's instance of is recorded as astronomical object type[3].
  • spiral galaxy was followed by lenticular galaxy[4].
  • spiral galaxy is a type of disc galaxy[5].
  • spiral galaxy's Commons category is recorded as Spiral galaxies[6].
  • spiral galaxy's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Spiral galaxies[7].
  • spiral galaxy's shape is recorded as spiral[8].
  • spiral galaxy's has list is recorded as list of spiral galaxies[9].
  • spiral galaxy's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[10].

Body

Definition and Type

spiral galaxy's instance of is recorded as astronomical object type[3]. It is a type of disc galaxy[5].

Why It Matters

spiral galaxy draws 1,253 Wikipedia views per month (astronomical_object_type category, ranking #45 of 289).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[11]

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.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

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

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). spiral galaxy. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/spiral-galaxy
MLA “spiral galaxy.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/spiral-galaxy.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_spiral-galaxy_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{spiral galaxy}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/spiral-galaxy}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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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. 5w ago · Huntster · 2026-05-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Image → Spiralgalaxie M74.jpg
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ [[Property:P18]]: Perfect Spiral M74 (gemini0607a).jpg"
  2. 6w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → —
    Topic's main category → Category:Spiral galaxies
    Subclass of → disc galaxy
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007532036505171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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