Ascending node

Orbital node - point where an orbit crosses a plane of reference to which it is inclined. Article “Ascending node” in Simple English Wikipedia has 23.3 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 2 references and 1 sections.

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

Since the creation of article “Ascending node”, its content was written by 5 registered users of Simple English Wikipedia and edited by 469 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 3 times in Simple English Wikipedia and cited 25576 times in all languages (6594^th place).

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (Simple English): #2079 in April 2019
• Global: #16041 in September 2004

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (Simple English): #32754 in April 2019
• Global: #157111 in March 2015

There are 35 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	Chinese (zh) 軌道交點		49.7081
2	English (en) Orbital node		41.3389
3	Swedish (sv) Uppstigande nod		38.9634
4	Indonesian (id) Simpul orbit		38.1377
5	Korean (ko) 궤도 교점		31.8508
6	Hindi (hi) कक्षीय पात		30.8788
7	Armenian (hy) Ուղեծրի հանգույց		30.8482
8	Thai (th) โหนดของวงโคจร		25.9937
9	Arabic (ar) عقدة مدارية		23.7541
10	Simple English (simple) Ascending node		23.3182

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

The most popular language versions of the article "Ascending node" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Orbital node		631 207
2	French (fr) Nœud (astronomie)		112 630
3	Italian (it) Asse nodale		96 187
4	Russian (ru) Узел орбиты		91 516
5	Spanish (es) Nodos de la órbita		83 093
6	German (de) Knoten (Astronomie)		66 753
7	Japanese (ja) 交点 (天文)		47 790
8	Portuguese (pt) Nodo orbital		36 618
9	Chinese (zh) 軌道交點		35 459
10	Polish (pl) Węzeł (astronomia)		31 114

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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 "Ascending node" in June 2026

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Orbital node		1 209
2	Chinese (zh) 軌道交點		277
3	Russian (ru) Узел орбиты		206
4	French (fr) Nœud (astronomie)		200
5	Italian (it) Asse nodale		131
6	Spanish (es) Nodos de la órbita		117
7	Japanese (ja) 交点 (天文)		102
8	German (de) Knoten (Astronomie)		92
9	Dutch (nl) Knoop (astronomie)		60
10	Polish (pl) Węzeł (astronomia)		54

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

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Orbital node		69
2	French (fr) Nœud (astronomie)		53
3	Italian (it) Asse nodale		50
4	German (de) Knoten (Astronomie)		44
5	Vietnamese (vi) Điểm nút quỹ đạo		23
6	Hungarian (hu) Felszálló és leszálló csomó		20
7	Dutch (nl) Knoop (astronomie)		19
8	Swedish (sv) Uppstigande nod		16
9	Japanese (ja) 交点 (天文)		14
10	Russian (ru) Узел орбиты		14

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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 "Ascending node" with the highest AI in June 2026

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Japanese (ja) 交点 (天文)		1
2	Arabic (ar) عقدة مدارية		0
3	Belarusian (be) Вузел арбіты		0
4	Catalan (ca) Node orbital		0
5	Czech (cs) Uzel (astrodynamika)		0
6	German (de) Knoten (Astronomie)		0
7	English (en) Orbital node		0
8	Esperanto (eo) Nodo (astronomio)		0
9	Spanish (es) Nodos de la órbita		0
10	Persian (fa) گره مداری		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 "Ascending node" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	Swedish (sv) Uppstigande nod		16 924
2	Finnish (fi) Solmu (tähtitiede)		4 567
3	Norwegian (no) Knutepunkt (astronomi)		2 152
4	Esperanto (eo) Nodo (astronomio)		246
5	Italian (it) Asse nodale		233
6	English (en) Orbital node		186
7	Russian (ru) Узел орбиты		134
8	French (fr) Nœud (astronomie)		131
9	German (de) Knoten (Astronomie)		129
10	Armenian (hy) Ուղեծրի հանգույց		111

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic عقدة مدارية
be	Belarusian Вузел арбіты
ca	Catalan Node orbital
cs	Czech Uzel (astrodynamika)
de	German Knoten (Astronomie)
en	English Orbital node
eo	Esperanto Nodo (astronomio)
es	Spanish Nodos de la órbita
fa	Persian گره مداری
fi	Finnish Solmu (tähtitiede)
fr	French Nœud (astronomie)
hi	Hindi कक्षीय पात
hu	Hungarian Felszálló és leszálló csomó
hy	Armenian Ուղեծրի հանգույց
id	Indonesian Simpul orbit
it	Italian Asse nodale
ja	Japanese 交点 (天文)
ko	Korean 궤도 교점
lt	Lithuanian Mazgas (astronomija)
nl	Dutch Knoop (astronomie)
nn	Norwegian (Nynorsk) Baneplanknute
no	Norwegian Knutepunkt (astronomi)
pl	Polish Węzeł (astronomia)
pt	Portuguese Nodo orbital
ro	Romanian Nod (astronomie)
ru	Russian Узел орбиты
simple	Simple English Ascending node
sk	Slovak Uzol (astrodynamika)
sl	Slovenian Vozel (astronomija)
sv	Swedish Uppstigande nod
th	Thai โหนดของวงโคจร
tr	Turkish Yörünge düğümü
uk	Ukrainian Вузол орбіти
vi	Vietnamese Điểm nút quỹ đạo
zh	Chinese 軌道交點

Best Rank

Simple English: #32754 04.2019

Global: #157111 03.2015

Best Rank

Simple English: #2079 04.2019

Global: #16041 09.2004

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