Extinction (astronomy)

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Extinction (astronomy)

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Extinction - in astronomy, the absorption and scattering of electromagnetic radiation by dust and gas between an emitting astronomical object and the observer. Article “Extinction (astronomy)” in English Wikipedia has 47.1 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 41 references and 8 sections.

This article has the best quality in Hebrew Wikipedia. However, this article is the most popular in English version.

Since the creation of article “Extinction (astronomy)”, its content was written by 116 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 393 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 827 times in English Wikipedia and cited 2391 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #20480 in May 2011
  • Global: #15955 in February 2013

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #155035 in March 2015
  • Global: #191030 in March 2015

There are 31 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, 2026 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

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

Languages with the highest quality

#LanguageQuality gradeQuality score
1Hebrew (he)
הכחדה (אסטרונומיה)
60.5167
2Japanese (ja)
減光
47.1779
3English (en)
Extinction (astronomy)
47.0511
4Chinese (zh)
消光
44.1162
5Basque (eu)
Itzaltze (astronomia)
41.2274
6Catalan (ca)
Extinció (astronomia)
40.4915
7Russian (ru)
Межзвёздное поглощение
35.3084
8Galician (gl)
Extinción (astronomía)
33.9431
9Spanish (es)
Extinción (astronomía)
30.6947
10Serbian (sr)
Apsorpcija (astronomija)
27.8581
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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

Most popular in all the time

The most popular language versions of the article "Extinction (astronomy)" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Extinction (astronomy)
873 699
2German (de)
Extinktion (Astronomie)
114 312
3Chinese (zh)
消光
52 676
4Spanish (es)
Extinción (astronomía)
49 896
5Italian (it)
Estinzione (astronomia)
35 632
6Russian (ru)
Межзвёздное поглощение
31 829
7Polish (pl)
Ekstynkcja międzygwiazdowa
29 171
8French (fr)
Extinction (astronomie)
24 927
9Japanese (ja)
減光
18 774
10Korean (ko)
소광
13 320
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

Most popular in June 2026

The most popular language versions of the article "Extinction (astronomy)" in June 2026
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Extinction (astronomy)
2 303
2German (de)
Extinktion (Astronomie)
176
3Chinese (zh)
消光
176
4Japanese (ja)
減光
136
5Spanish (es)
Extinción (astronomía)
93
6Korean (ko)
소광
89
7Russian (ru)
Межзвёздное поглощение
80
8Polish (pl)
Ekstynkcja międzygwiazdowa
60
9French (fr)
Extinction (astronomie)
58
10Italian (it)
Estinzione (astronomia)
46
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

The highest AI

Language versions of the article "Extinction (astronomy)" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Extinction (astronomy)
116
2German (de)
Extinktion (Astronomie)
41
3French (fr)
Extinction (astronomie)
25
4Polish (pl)
Ekstynkcja międzygwiazdowa
17
5Italian (it)
Estinzione (astronomia)
16
6Chinese (zh)
消光
16
7Russian (ru)
Межзвёздное поглощение
14
8Turkish (tr)
Sönme (astronomi)
11
9Spanish (es)
Extinción (astronomía)
10
10Lithuanian (lt)
Ekstinkcija
10
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

The highest AI in June 2026

Language versions of the article "Extinction (astronomy)" with the highest AI in June 2026
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1Korean (ko)
소광
2
2Catalan (ca)
Extinció (astronomia)
1
3Spanish (es)
Extinción (astronomía)
1
4Basque (eu)
Itzaltze (astronomia)
1
5Arabic (ar)
إخماد (علم الفلك)
0
6Belarusian (be)
Міжзорнае паглынанне
0
7German (de)
Extinktion (Astronomie)
0
8English (en)
Extinction (astronomy)
0
9Persian (fa)
خاموشی (اخترشناسی)
0
10Finnish (fi)
Ekstinktio
0
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

The highest CI

Language versions of the article "Extinction (astronomy)" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
Extinction (astronomy)
827
2Chinese (zh)
消光
269
3Arabic (ar)
إخماد (علم الفلك)
225
4Turkish (tr)
Sönme (astronomi)
156
5French (fr)
Extinction (astronomie)
150
6German (de)
Extinktion (Astronomie)
121
7Russian (ru)
Межзвёздное поглощение
75
8Ukrainian (uk)
Міжзоряне поглинання
75
9Japanese (ja)
減光
72
10Portuguese (pt)
Extinção (astronomia)
66
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Scores

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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
arArabic
إخماد (علم الفلك)
beBelarusian
Міжзорнае паглынанне
caCatalan
Extinció (astronomia)
deGerman
Extinktion (Astronomie)
enEnglish
Extinction (astronomy)
esSpanish
Extinción (astronomía)
euBasque
Itzaltze (astronomia)
faPersian
خاموشی (اخترشناسی)
fiFinnish
Ekstinktio
frFrench
Extinction (astronomie)
glGalician
Extinción (astronomía)
heHebrew
הכחדה (אסטרונומיה)
hiHindi
विलोपन (खगोलिकी)
itItalian
Estinzione (astronomia)
jaJapanese
減光
koKorean
소광
ltLithuanian
Ekstinkcija
nlDutch
Extinctie (astronomie)
nnNorwegian (Nynorsk)
Ekstinksjon i astronomi
noNorwegian
Ekstinksjon (astronomi)
plPolish
Ekstynkcja międzygwiazdowa
ptPortuguese
Extinção (astronomia)
ruRussian
Межзвёздное поглощение
simpleSimple English
Extinction (astronomy)
skSlovak
Medzihviezdna absorpcia
srSerbian
Apsorpcija (astronomija)
svSwedish
Extinktion (astronomi)
thThai
การสูญหาย (ดาราศาสตร์)
trTurkish
Sönme (astronomi)
ukUkrainian
Міжзоряне поглинання
zhChinese
消光

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#155035
03.2015
Global:
#191030
03.2015

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#20480
05.2011
Global:
#15955
02.2013

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2025 – June 2026)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Extinction from Wikipedia articles about Betelgeuse, Sagittarius A*, Zone of Avoidance, Apparent magnitude and SpaceEngine. Whereas reading the article about Extinction people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Dark nebula, Color index, Cosmic dust, Extinction and Parsec.

Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

List of Wikipedia articles in different languages (starting with the most popular):

zh: 消光
ja: 減光
ko: 소광

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