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zodiacal light

glow in the night sky appearing to extend from the Sun's direction and along the zodiac
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Summary

zodiacal light is an optical phenomenon[1]. It draws 2,817 Wikipedia views per month (optical phenomenon category, ranking #5 of 20).[2]

Key Facts

  • Named after: zodiac[3]
  • Commons category: Zodiacal light[4]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Zodiacal light[5]
  • Commons gallery: Zodiacal light[6]
  • Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[7], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[8], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[9], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[10], The New Student's Reference Work[11], Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[12]
  • Different from: gegenschein[13]

Why It Matters

zodiacal light has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] It is known by 47 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Named after → zodiac
    Named after → —
    Topic's main category → Category:Zodiacal light
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|8 */ Yso id: 11486, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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