Sphère de photons

Photon sphere - spherical area or region of space where gravity is strong enough that massless particles are forced to travel in orbits. Article “Sphère de photons” in French Wikipedia has 22 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 14 references and 6 sections.

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

Since the creation of article “Sphère de photons”, its content was written by 14 registered users of French Wikipedia and edited by 169 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 65 times in French Wikipedia and cited 655 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (French): #13828 in July 2025
• Global: #51245 in April 2019

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (French): #216041 in April 2019
• Global: #40063 in July 2015

There are 13 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.

#	Language	Quality grade	Quality score
1	Basque (eu) Fotoi-esfera		41.1706
2	English (en) Photon sphere		32.4407
3	Ukrainian (uk) Фотонна сфера		26.5461
4	Catalan (ca) Esfera fotònica		25.8387
5	French (fr) Sphère de photons		21.9916
6	Korean (ko) 광자구		19.5727
7	Arabic (ar) مجال الفوتون		17.3674
8	Vietnamese (vi) Mặt cầu photon		16.8084
9	Spanish (es) Esfera de fotones		13.9728
10	Japanese (ja) 光子球		13.4546

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

The most popular language versions of the article "Sphère de photons" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Photon sphere		556 016
2	French (fr) Sphère de photons		14 038
3	Italian (it) Sfera di fotoni		13 838
4	Polish (pl) Orbita fotonowa		12 570
5	Portuguese (pt) Esfera de fótons		9 332
6	Spanish (es) Esfera de fotones		8 360
7	Japanese (ja) 光子球		7 053
8	Arabic (ar) مجال الفوتون		1 599
9	Korean (ko) 광자구		1 355
10	Vietnamese (vi) Mặt cầu photon		730

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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 "Sphère de photons" in June 2026

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Photon sphere		1 831
2	Spanish (es) Esfera de fotones		144
3	Japanese (ja) 光子球		134
4	Portuguese (pt) Esfera de fótons		61
5	French (fr) Sphère de photons		51
6	Polish (pl) Orbita fotonowa		34
7	Korean (ko) 광자구		32
8	Italian (it) Sfera di fotoni		19
9	Vietnamese (vi) Mặt cầu photon		11
10	Ukrainian (uk) Фотонна сфера		10

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

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Photon sphere		103
2	French (fr) Sphère de photons		14
3	Italian (it) Sfera di fotoni		13
4	Polish (pl) Orbita fotonowa		10
5	Japanese (ja) 光子球		6
6	Portuguese (pt) Esfera de fótons		6
7	Spanish (es) Esfera de fotones		4
8	Arabic (ar) مجال الفوتون		3
9	Korean (ko) 광자구		3
10	Ukrainian (uk) Фотонна сфера		3

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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 "Sphère de photons" with the highest AI in June 2026

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Basque (eu) Fotoi-esfera		1
2	Arabic (ar) مجال الفوتون		0
3	Catalan (ca) Esfera fotònica		0
4	English (en) Photon sphere		0
5	Spanish (es) Esfera de fotones		0
6	French (fr) Sphère de photons		0
7	Italian (it) Sfera di fotoni		0
8	Japanese (ja) 光子球		0
9	Korean (ko) 광자구		0
10	Polish (pl) Orbita fotonowa		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 "Sphère de photons" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Photon sphere		133
2	Portuguese (pt) Esfera de fótons		94
3	Arabic (ar) مجال الفوتون		67
4	French (fr) Sphère de photons		65
5	Korean (ko) 광자구		59
6	Vietnamese (vi) Mặt cầu photon		52
7	Ukrainian (uk) Фотонна сфера		51
8	Catalan (ca) Esfera fotònica		45
9	Japanese (ja) 光子球		35
10	Polish (pl) Orbita fotonowa		27

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic مجال الفوتون
ca	Catalan Esfera fotònica
en	English Photon sphere
es	Spanish Esfera de fotones
eu	Basque Fotoi-esfera
fr	French Sphère de photons
it	Italian Sfera di fotoni
ja	Japanese 光子球
ko	Korean 광자구
pl	Polish Orbita fotonowa
pt	Portuguese Esfera de fótons
uk	Ukrainian Фотонна сфера
vi	Vietnamese Mặt cầu photon

Best Rank

French: #216041 04.2019

Global: #40063 07.2015

Best Rank

French: #13828 07.2025

Global: #51245 04.2019

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