Magnetic sail

Magnetic sail - proposed spacecraft propulsion method that takes advantage of solar wind. Article “Magnetic sail” in English Wikipedia has 92.9 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 243 references and 27 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.

Since the creation of article “Magnetic sail”, its content was written by 142 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 248 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 178 times in English Wikipedia and cited 350 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #3084 in January 2003
• Global: #5424 in March 2002

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #179389 in December 2009
• Global: #229433 in December 2009

There are 10 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) Magnetic sail		92.9125
2	Slovenian (sl) Magnetno jadro		23.111
3	Arabic (ar) شراع مغناطيسي		22.9475
4	Polish (pl) Żagiel magnetyczny		19.1214
5	Italian (it) Vela magnetica		18.8809
6	Finnish (fi) Magneettinen purje		16.2986
7	Japanese (ja) マグネティックセイル		12.6503
8	Serbian (sr) Магнетно једро		8.1964
9	French (fr) Voile magnétique		3.924
10	Chinese (zh) 磁化帆		0.1751

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

The most popular language versions of the article "Magnetic sail" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Magnetic sail		471 781
2	Japanese (ja) マグネティックセイル		88 788
3	Italian (it) Vela magnetica		23 722
4	French (fr) Voile magnétique		22 298
5	Polish (pl) Żagiel magnetyczny		13 839
6	Finnish (fi) Magneettinen purje		10 664
7	Chinese (zh) 磁化帆		9 624
8	Slovenian (sl) Magnetno jadro		635
9	Serbian (sr) Магнетно једро		436
10	Arabic (ar) شراع مغناطيسي		301

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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 "Magnetic sail" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Magnetic sail		1 803
2	Japanese (ja) マグネティックセイル		162
3	Chinese (zh) 磁化帆		51
4	Polish (pl) Żagiel magnetyczny		32
5	French (fr) Voile magnétique		24
6	Italian (it) Vela magnetica		21
7	Slovenian (sl) Magnetno jadro		15
8	Finnish (fi) Magneettinen purje		11
9	Arabic (ar) شراع مغناطيسي		5
10	Serbian (sr) Магнетно једро		5

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

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Magnetic sail		142
2	Italian (it) Vela magnetica		28
3	Finnish (fi) Magneettinen purje		24
4	French (fr) Voile magnétique		22
5	Japanese (ja) マグネティックセイル		15
6	Polish (pl) Żagiel magnetyczny		8
7	Serbian (sr) Магнетно једро		3
8	Chinese (zh) 磁化帆		3
9	Slovenian (sl) Magnetno jadro		2
10	Arabic (ar) شراع مغناطيسي		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 "Magnetic sail" with the highest AI in June 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Arabic (ar) شراع مغناطيسي		0
2	English (en) Magnetic sail		0
3	Finnish (fi) Magneettinen purje		0
4	French (fr) Voile magnétique		0
5	Italian (it) Vela magnetica		0
6	Japanese (ja) マグネティックセイル		0
7	Polish (pl) Żagiel magnetyczny		0
8	Slovenian (sl) Magnetno jadro		0
9	Serbian (sr) Магнетно једро		0
10	Chinese (zh) 磁化帆		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 "Magnetic sail" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Magnetic sail		178
2	Japanese (ja) マグネティックセイル		62
3	French (fr) Voile magnétique		51
4	Chinese (zh) 磁化帆		46
5	Italian (it) Vela magnetica		7
6	Arabic (ar) شراع مغناطيسي		2
7	Finnish (fi) Magneettinen purje		2
8	Polish (pl) Żagiel magnetyczny		1
9	Serbian (sr) Магнетно једро		1
10	Slovenian (sl) Magnetno jadro		0

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic شراع مغناطيسي
en	English Magnetic sail
fi	Finnish Magneettinen purje
fr	French Voile magnétique
it	Italian Vela magnetica
ja	Japanese マグネティックセイル
pl	Polish Żagiel magnetyczny
sl	Slovenian Magnetno jadro
sr	Serbian Магнетно једро
zh	Chinese 磁化帆

Best Rank

English: #179389 12.2009

Global: #229433 12.2009

Best Rank

English: #3084 01.2003

Global: #5424 03.2002

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