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Summary
star is an astronomical object type[1]. star ranks in the top 5% of astronomical object type entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (20,816 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Made from material: plasma[3]
- Location: universe[4]
- Subclass of: astronomical object[5], fusor[6], light source[7]
- Part of: star system[8]
- Commons category: Stars[9]
- Child astronomical body: artificial satellite[10], planet[11]
- Unicode character: ⭐[12]
- Has part(s): plasma[13]
- Topic's main category: Category:Stars[14]
- Commons gallery: Star[15]
- Described by source: Otto's encyclopedia[16], Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus[17], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[18], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[19], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[20], Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary[21], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[22], The New Student's Reference Work[23], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 1[24], Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[25]
- Topic has template: Template:Infobox star[26], Template:Star[27]
- Stack Exchange tag: https://astronomy.stackexchange.com/tags/star[28], https://physics.stackexchange.com/tags/stars[29], https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/tags/stars[30]
- Has characteristic: stellar surface[31], stellar magnetic field[32], apparent magnitude[33]
- Different from: Gwiazda[34], Star[35]
- Properties for this type: P881[36], P2067[37], P2120[38], P2076[39], P59[40], P10751[41], P10752[42], P4296[43], P215[44], P2227[45], P999[46]
- Studied by: astronomy[47]
- Next lower rank: planet[48]
- Next higher rank: black hole[49]
Body
Influence
Things named for star include astronomy[50], a branch of science[51]; Dallas Stars[52], an ice hockey team[53], in United States[54], founded in 1967[55], headquartered in Dallas[56]; Homo naledi[57], a fossil taxon[58]; Sūrat an-Najm[59], a surah[60]; Noquisi[61]; astrophyllite[62], a mineral species[63]; Astghik[64], a water deity[65]; and LTT 9779[66], a high proper-motion star[67].
Why It Matters
star has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[68] star is known by 70 alternative names across languages and contexts.[69]
Entities named for star include astronomy[50], a branch of science[51]; Dallas Stars[52], an ice hockey team[53], in United States[54], founded in 1967[55], headquartered in Dallas[56]; Homo naledi[57], a fossil taxon[58]; Sūrat an-Najm[59], a surah[60]; Noquisi[61]; and astrophyllite[62], a mineral species[63].