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Sun sensor

Quality:

Sun sensor - spacecraft instrument that senses the direction to the Sun. Article “Sun sensor” in English Wikipedia has 29.1 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 8 references and 4 sections.

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

Since the creation of article “Sun sensor”, its content was written by 9 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 66 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 106 times in English Wikipedia and cited 348 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #205543 in October 2017
  • Global: #88859 in August 2015

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #848700 in November 2021
  • Global: #756258 in February 2022

There are 8 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.

Languages with the highest quality

#LanguageQuality gradeQuality score
1German (de)
Sonnensensor
32.0971
2English (en)
Sun sensor
29.1082
3Spanish (es)
Sensor solar
27.4604
4Persian (fa)
حسگر خورشیدی
26.1015
5Polish (pl)
Czujnik Słońca
23.2641
6French (fr)
Capteur solaire (équipement spatial)
19.9136
7Japanese (ja)
太陽センサ
19.3903
8Chinese (zh)
太陽感測器
17.6834
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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 "Sun sensor" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Sun sensor
74 920
2German (de)
Sonnensensor
41 153
3French (fr)
Capteur solaire (équipement spatial)
10 183
4Spanish (es)
Sensor solar
3 399
5Polish (pl)
Czujnik Słońca
2 233
6Japanese (ja)
太陽センサ
2 097
7Chinese (zh)
太陽感測器
1 873
8Persian (fa)
حسگر خورشیدی
705
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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 2025

The most popular language versions of the article "Sun sensor" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Sun sensor
424
2German (de)
Sonnensensor
87
3Japanese (ja)
太陽センサ
70
4French (fr)
Capteur solaire (équipement spatial)
54
5Spanish (es)
Sensor solar
27
6Chinese (zh)
太陽感測器
19
7Polish (pl)
Czujnik Słońca
13
8Persian (fa)
حسگر خورشیدی
11
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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 "Sun sensor" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1German (de)
Sonnensensor
19
2French (fr)
Capteur solaire (équipement spatial)
16
3English (en)
Sun sensor
9
4Spanish (es)
Sensor solar
6
5Polish (pl)
Czujnik Słońca
6
6Chinese (zh)
太陽感測器
5
7Japanese (ja)
太陽センサ
3
8Persian (fa)
حسگر خورشیدی
2
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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 2025

Language versions of the article "Sun sensor" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1German (de)
Sonnensensor
0
2English (en)
Sun sensor
0
3Spanish (es)
Sensor solar
0
4Persian (fa)
حسگر خورشیدی
0
5French (fr)
Capteur solaire (équipement spatial)
0
6Japanese (ja)
太陽センサ
0
7Polish (pl)
Czujnik Słońca
0
8Chinese (zh)
太陽感測器
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 "Sun sensor" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1French (fr)
Capteur solaire (équipement spatial)
119
2English (en)
Sun sensor
106
3German (de)
Sonnensensor
54
4Spanish (es)
Sensor solar
45
5Japanese (ja)
太陽センサ
20
6Chinese (zh)
太陽感測器
2
7Persian (fa)
حسگر خورشیدی
1
8Polish (pl)
Czujnik Słońca
1
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Scores

Estimated value for Wikipedia:
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Global:
Popularity in June 2025:
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Popularity in all years:
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Authors in June 2025:
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Registered authors in all years:
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Citations:
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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
deGerman
Sonnensensor
enEnglish
Sun sensor
esSpanish
Sensor solar
faPersian
حسگر خورشیدی
frFrench
Capteur solaire (équipement spatial)
jaJapanese
太陽センサ
plPolish
Czujnik Słońca
zhChinese
太陽感測器

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#848700
11.2021
Global:
#756258
02.2022

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#205543
10.2017
Global:
#88859
08.2015

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2024 – June 2025)

Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

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

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