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Tangent arc

atmospheric optical phenomenon, which appears above and below the observed Sun or Moon, tangent to the 22° halo
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Tangent arc

Summary

Tangent arc is an atmospheric optical phenomenon[1]. It draws 37 Wikipedia views per month (atmospheric_optical_phenomenon category, ranking #4 of 10).[2]

Key Facts

  • Tangent arc's image is recorded as Complex halo combination 03.jpg[3].
  • Tangent arc's instance of is recorded as atmospheric optical phenomenon[4].
  • Tangent arc's subclass of is recorded as photometeor[5].
  • Tangent arc's Commons category is recorded as Tangent arcs[6].

Why It Matters

Tangent arc draws 37 Wikipedia views per month (atmospheric_optical_phenomenon category, ranking #4 of 10).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[7]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . atoptics.co.uk. atoptics.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Tangent arc. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/tangent-arc
MLA “Tangent arc.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/tangent-arc.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_tangent-arc_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Tangent arc}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/tangent-arc}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
LLM prompt According to 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph (aggregator of Wikidata, Wikipedia, and authoritative open-data sources): Tangent arc — https://4ort.xyz/entity/tangent-arc (retrieved 2026-05-03)

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