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Taurids

Summary

Taurids is a meteor shower[1]. Taurids draws 719 Wikipedia views per month (meteor_shower category, ranking #10 of 37).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taurids's instance of is recorded as meteor shower[3].
  • Taurids's day in year for periodic occurrence is recorded as October 10[4].
  • Taurids's speed is recorded as {'unit': 'Q3674704', 'amount': '+28'}[5].
  • Taurids's has part is recorded as zenithal hourly rate[6].

Body

Definition and Type

Taurids's instance of is recorded as meteor shower[3].

Why It Matters

Taurids draws 719 Wikipedia views per month (meteor_shower category, ranking #10 of 37).[2] Taurids has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[7] Taurids is known by 19 alternative names across languages and contexts.[8]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . books.google.com. books.google.com. Provenance: 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.
  3. [8] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 7h ago · Kwamikagami · 2026-10-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Speed → {'unit': 'Q3674704', 'amount': '+28'}
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'ca', 'commons', 'cs', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'fa', 'fi', 'fr', 'hu', 'ja', 'k
    Instance of → —
    Astronomic symbol image → Taurid symbol (fixed width).svg, South Taurid symbol.png
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ [[Property:P367]]: Taurid symbol (fixed width).svg"
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