S2 (Stern)

S2 - star orbiting close to the supermassive black hole in the center of the Milky Way. Article “S2 (Stern)” in German Wikipedia has 32.3 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 10 references and 3 sections.

This article has the best quality in English Wikipedia. Also, this article is the most popular in that (German) language version.

In June 2025 the article “S2 (Stern)” was edited by 1 authors in German Wikipedia and written by 2 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “S2 (Stern)”, its content was written by 48 registered users of German Wikipedia and edited by 332 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 11 times in German Wikipedia and cited 839 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (German): #2276 in July 2018
• Global: #11142 in July 2018

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (German): #84991 in July 2018
• Global: #110391 in May 2022

There are 19 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from July 1, 2025 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

#	Language	Quality grade	Quality score
1	English (en) S2 (star)		54.6365
2	Chinese (zh) S2 (恆星)		50.6235
3	Ukrainian (uk) S2 (зоря)		38.0034
4	Vietnamese (vi) S2 (Sao)		34.4409
5	French (fr) S2 (étoile)		34.048
6	Japanese (ja) S2 (恒星)		34.0402
7	Catalan (ca) S2 (estrella)		33.7986
8	German (de) S2 (Stern)		32.2891
9	Korean (ko) S2 (항성)		28.1264
10	Hindi (hi) ऍस२ तारा		27.6727

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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

The most popular language versions of the article "S2 (Stern)" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) S2 (star)		569 956
2	Japanese (ja) S2 (恒星)		75 697
3	German (de) S2 (Stern)		70 611
4	Spanish (es) S2 (estrella)		63 428
5	French (fr) S2 (étoile)		56 473
6	Russian (ru) S2 (звезда)		50 930
7	Italian (it) S2 (astronomia)		22 300
8	Polish (pl) S2 (gwiazda)		19 161
9	Chinese (zh) S2 (恆星)		18 522
10	Portuguese (pt) S2 (estrela)		15 918

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

The most popular language versions of the article "S2 (Stern)" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) S2 (star)		3 233
2	Japanese (ja) S2 (恒星)		590
3	French (fr) S2 (étoile)		351
4	Spanish (es) S2 (estrella)		283
5	German (de) S2 (Stern)		234
6	Russian (ru) S2 (звезда)		233
7	Chinese (zh) S2 (恆星)		109
8	Portuguese (pt) S2 (estrela)		107
9	Italian (it) S2 (astronomia)		60
10	Korean (ko) S2 (항성)		53

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

Language versions of the article "S2 (Stern)" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) S2 (star)		114
2	French (fr) S2 (étoile)		50
3	German (de) S2 (Stern)		48
4	Italian (it) S2 (astronomia)		26
5	Japanese (ja) S2 (恒星)		13
6	Arabic (ar) S2 (نجم)		12
7	Spanish (es) S2 (estrella)		10
8	Russian (ru) S2 (звезда)		8
9	Vietnamese (vi) S2 (Sao)		8
10	Dutch (nl) S2 (ster)		7

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

Language versions of the article "S2 (Stern)" with the highest AI in June 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	German (de) S2 (Stern)		1
2	Vietnamese (vi) S2 (Sao)		1
3	Arabic (ar) S2 (نجم)		0
4	Catalan (ca) S2 (estrella)		0
5	English (en) S2 (star)		0
6	Spanish (es) S2 (estrella)		0
7	Basque (eu) S2 (izarra)		0
8	Persian (fa) ستاره اس۲		0
9	French (fr) S2 (étoile)		0
10	Hindi (hi) ऍस२ तारा		0

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

Language versions of the article "S2 (Stern)" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) S2 (star)		209
2	Catalan (ca) S2 (estrella)		116
3	French (fr) S2 (étoile)		90
4	Korean (ko) S2 (항성)		81
5	Portuguese (pt) S2 (estrela)		73
6	Russian (ru) S2 (звезда)		70
7	Ukrainian (uk) S2 (зоря)		52
8	Chinese (zh) S2 (恆星)		47
9	Arabic (ar) S2 (نجم)		29
10	Japanese (ja) S2 (恒星)		14

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic S2 (نجم)
ca	Catalan S2 (estrella)
de	German S2 (Stern)
en	English S2 (star)
es	Spanish S2 (estrella)
eu	Basque S2 (izarra)
fa	Persian ستاره اس۲
fr	French S2 (étoile)
hi	Hindi ऍस२ तारा
it	Italian S2 (astronomia)
ja	Japanese S2 (恒星)
ko	Korean S2 (항성)
nl	Dutch S2 (ster)
pl	Polish S2 (gwiazda)
pt	Portuguese S2 (estrela)
ru	Russian S2 (звезда)
uk	Ukrainian S2 (зоря)
vi	Vietnamese S2 (Sao)
zh	Chinese S2 (恆星)

Best Rank

German: #84991 07.2018

Global: #110391 05.2022

Best Rank

German: #2276 07.2018

Global: #11142 07.2018

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