transient luminous event

short-lived electrical phenomena that occur at high altitudes over lightning storms (sprites, jets, etc.)
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transient luminous event

Summary

transient luminous event ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (467 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • transient luminous event's image is recorded as Upperatmoslight1.jpg[2].
  • transient luminous event's subclass of is recorded as atmospheric phenomenon[3].
  • transient luminous event's Commons category is recorded as Transient luminous events[4].
  • transient luminous event's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02qqvb7[5].
  • transient luminous event's studied by is recorded as aeronomy[6].
  • transient luminous event's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/1212xkx_[7].
  • transient luminous event's Encyclopædia Universalis ID is recorded as sylphes-rouges[8].
  • transient luminous event's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 93805220[9].
  • transient luminous event's Namuwiki ID is recorded as 상층대기 번개[10].
  • transient luminous event's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C93805220[11].
  • transient luminous event's Vikidia article ID is recorded as fr:Phénomène_lumineux_transitoire[12].

Why It Matters

transient luminous event ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (467 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] It is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  5. [6] . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] . wikidata.org.
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  8. [9] . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [12] . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [14] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). transient luminous event. Retrieved April 10, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/transient-luminous-event
MLA “transient luminous event.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 10 Apr. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/transient-luminous-event.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_transient-luminous-event_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{transient luminous event}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/transient-luminous-event}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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