Provisional designation in astronomy

Provisional designation in astronomy - designation of an astronomical body after its discovery and before its official name. Article "Provisional designation in astronomy" in English Wikipedia has 52.6 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 43 references and 20 sections.

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

In June 2025 the article "Provisional designation in astronomy" was edited by 1 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 3 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article "Provisional designation in astronomy", its content was written by 108 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 321 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 6187 times in English Wikipedia (3561^st place) and cited 132922 times in all languages (885^th place).

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #29222 in January 2005
• Global: #47072 in February 2013

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #41456 in August 2010
• Global: #67656 in August 2010

There are 22 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) Provisional designation in astronomy		52.5989
2	Turkish (tr) Geçici adlandırma (astronomi)		51.6534
3	Portuguese (pt) Designação provisória na astronomia		47.5585
4	Korean (ko) 천문학의 임시 명칭		40.1438
5	Croatian (hr) Privremena oznaka u astronomiji		26.314
6	Chinese (zh) 天文學臨時編號		25.4154
7	Ukrainian (uk) Тимчасові позначення в астрономії		24.2888
8	Catalan (ca) Designació provisional		16.8375
9	Italian (it) Designazione provvisoria		13.5317
10	Japanese (ja) 仮符号		11.7111

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

The most popular language versions of the article "Provisional designation in astronomy" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Provisional designation in astronomy		471 993
2	Japanese (ja) 仮符号		58 034
3	Chinese (zh) 天文學臨時編號		24 057
4	Persian (fa) نام‌گذاری اجرام آسمانی		19 551
5	Italian (it) Designazione provvisoria		19 431
6	French (fr) Désignation provisoire		16 385
7	Spanish (es) Designación provisional en astronomía		16 113
8	Indonesian (id) Penandaan sementara dalam astronomi		10 593
9	Simple English (simple) Provisional designation in astronomy		10 560
10	Arabic (ar) تسمية مؤقتة في علم الفلك		9 507

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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 "Provisional designation in astronomy" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Provisional designation in astronomy		2 491
2	Simple English (simple) Provisional designation in astronomy		283
3	Japanese (ja) 仮符号		236
4	Turkish (tr) Geçici adlandırma (astronomi)		149
5	Chinese (zh) 天文學臨時編號		92
6	Indonesian (id) Penandaan sementara dalam astronomi		52
7	Arabic (ar) تسمية مؤقتة في علم الفلك		51
8	Portuguese (pt) Designação provisória na astronomia		46
9	Spanish (es) Designación provisional en astronomía		44
10	French (fr) Désignation provisoire		33

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

Language versions of the article "Provisional designation in astronomy" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Provisional designation in astronomy		108
2	French (fr) Désignation provisoire		30
3	Italian (it) Designazione provvisoria		26
4	Japanese (ja) 仮符号		23
5	Norwegian (no) Overgangsnavn		15
6	Arabic (ar) تسمية مؤقتة في علم الفلك		14
7	Chinese (zh) 天文學臨時編號		14
8	Spanish (es) Designación provisional en astronomía		11
9	Persian (fa) نام‌گذاری اجرام آسمانی		11
10	Ukrainian (uk) Тимчасові позначення в астрономії		11

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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 "Provisional designation in astronomy" with the highest AI in June 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Provisional designation in astronomy		1
2	Portuguese (pt) Designação provisória na astronomia		1
3	Chinese (zh) 天文學臨時編號		1
4	Arabic (ar) تسمية مؤقتة في علم الفلك		0
5	Catalan (ca) Designació provisional		0
6	Greek (el) Προσωρινές ονομασίες στην αστρονομία		0
7	Spanish (es) Designación provisional en astronomía		0
8	Persian (fa) نام‌گذاری اجرام آسمانی		0
9	French (fr) Désignation provisoire		0
10	Croatian (hr) Privremena oznaka u astronomiji		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 "Provisional designation in astronomy" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	Chinese (zh) 天文學臨時編號		53 389
2	Arabic (ar) تسمية مؤقتة في علم الفلك		29 848
3	Persian (fa) نام‌گذاری اجرام آسمانی		16 092
4	Ukrainian (uk) Тимчасові позначення в астрономії		13 601
5	English (en) Provisional designation in astronomy		6 187
6	Japanese (ja) 仮符号		4 269
7	Greek (el) Προσωρινές ονομασίες στην αστρονομία		2 857
8	Spanish (es) Designación provisional en astronomía		1 574
9	Romanian (ro) Denumire provizorie în astronomie		1 396
10	Slovenian (sl) Začasno označevanje nebesnih teles		1 350

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic تسمية مؤقتة في علم الفلك
ca	Catalan Designació provisional
el	Greek Προσωρινές ονομασίες στην αστρονομία
en	English Provisional designation in astronomy
es	Spanish Designación provisional en astronomía
fa	Persian نام‌گذاری اجرام آسمانی
fr	French Désignation provisoire
hr	Croatian Privremena oznaka u astronomiji
id	Indonesian Penandaan sementara dalam astronomi
it	Italian Designazione provvisoria
ja	Japanese 仮符号
ko	Korean 천문학의 임시 명칭
nn	Norwegian (Nynorsk) Overgangsnamn
no	Norwegian Overgangsnavn
pt	Portuguese Designação provisória na astronomia
ro	Romanian Denumire provizorie în astronomie
simple	Simple English Provisional designation in astronomy
sk	Slovak Predbežné označenie v astronómii
sl	Slovenian Začasno označevanje nebesnih teles
tr	Turkish Geçici adlandırma (astronomi)
uk	Ukrainian Тимчасові позначення в астрономії
zh	Chinese 天文學臨時編號

Best Rank

English: #41456 08.2010

Global: #67656 08.2010

Best Rank

English: #29222 01.2005

Global: #47072 02.2013

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