Interplanetary contamination

Interplanetary contamination - biological contamination of a planetary body by a space probe or spacecraft. Article “Interplanetary contamination” in English Wikipedia has 79.7 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 106 references and 17 sections.

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

In June 2025 the article “Interplanetary contamination” was edited by 1 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 3 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “Interplanetary contamination”, its content was written by 126 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 167 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 420 times in English Wikipedia and cited 712 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #6670 in July 2013
• Global: #22818 in July 2013

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #92415 in July 2016
• Global: #154473 in July 2016

There are 7 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) Interplanetary contamination		79.6987
2	German (de) Vorwärts-Kontamination		30.5384
3	Chinese (zh) 星际污染		23.6183
4	Arabic (ar) تلوث بين كوكبي		20.9666
5	Catalan (ca) Contaminació interplanetària		16.0315
6	Czech (cs) Extraterestrická kontaminace		11.4949
7	Spanish (es) Contaminación interplanetaria		8.8225

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

The most popular language versions of the article "Interplanetary contamination" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Interplanetary contamination		481 900
2	Spanish (es) Contaminación interplanetaria		58 755
3	German (de) Vorwärts-Kontamination		39 036
4	Chinese (zh) 星际污染		15 752
5	Czech (cs) Extraterestrická kontaminace		975
6	Arabic (ar) تلوث بين كوكبي		761
7	Catalan (ca) Contaminació interplanetària		649

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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 "Interplanetary contamination" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Interplanetary contamination		1 934
2	German (de) Vorwärts-Kontamination		197
3	Spanish (es) Contaminación interplanetaria		108
4	Chinese (zh) 星际污染		93
5	Arabic (ar) تلوث بين كوكبي		9
6	Catalan (ca) Contaminació interplanetària		6
7	Czech (cs) Extraterestrická kontaminace		6

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

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Interplanetary contamination		126
2	German (de) Vorwärts-Kontamination		16
3	Chinese (zh) 星际污染		8
4	Spanish (es) Contaminación interplanetaria		7
5	Catalan (ca) Contaminació interplanetària		5
6	Czech (cs) Extraterestrická kontaminace		4
7	Arabic (ar) تلوث بين كوكبي		1

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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 "Interplanetary contamination" with the highest AI in June 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Czech (cs) Extraterestrická kontaminace		1
2	German (de) Vorwärts-Kontamination		1
3	English (en) Interplanetary contamination		1
4	Arabic (ar) تلوث بين كوكبي		0
5	Catalan (ca) Contaminació interplanetària		0
6	Spanish (es) Contaminación interplanetaria		0
7	Chinese (zh) 星际污染		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 "Interplanetary contamination" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Interplanetary contamination		420
2	Chinese (zh) 星际污染		181
3	Arabic (ar) تلوث بين كوكبي		73
4	Spanish (es) Contaminación interplanetaria		17
5	German (de) Vorwärts-Kontamination		13
6	Catalan (ca) Contaminació interplanetària		7
7	Czech (cs) Extraterestrická kontaminace		1

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic تلوث بين كوكبي
ca	Catalan Contaminació interplanetària
cs	Czech Extraterestrická kontaminace
de	German Vorwärts-Kontamination
en	English Interplanetary contamination
es	Spanish Contaminación interplanetaria
zh	Chinese 星际污染

Best Rank

English: #92415 07.2016

Global: #154473 07.2016

Best Rank

English: #6670 07.2013

Global: #22818 07.2013

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