Opposition (astronomy and astrology)

Opposition - two celestial bodies are said to be in opposition when they are on opposite sides of the sky, viewed from a given place (usually Earth). Article “Opposition (astronomy and astrology)” in Simple English Wikipedia has 12.8 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025).

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

Since the creation of article “Opposition (astronomy and astrology)”, its content was written by 9 registered users of Simple English Wikipedia and edited by 638 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 23 times in Simple English Wikipedia and cited 2125 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (Simple English): #390 in December 2016
• Global: #11277 in June 2010

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (Simple English): #8834 in April 2013
• Global: #40856 in July 2018

There are 43 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	Malay (ms) Istiqbal (astronomi)		41.453
2	Croatian (hr) Opozicija (astronomija)		33.3968
3	Indonesian (id) Oposisi (astronomi)		30.5665
4	Esperanto (eo) Opozicio (astronomio)		26.9951
5	Arabic (ar) مقابلة (علم الفلك)		26.5836
6	Korean (ko) 충 (천문학)		25.1467
7	English (en) Opposition (astronomy)		25.1171
8	Greek (el) Αντίθεση (αστρονομία)		25.0386
9	Bulgarian (bg) Опозиция (астрономия)		24.8357
10	Ukrainian (uk) Протистояння планети		21.2444

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

The most popular language versions of the article "Opposition (astronomy and astrology)" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Opposition (astronomy)		628 767
2	Russian (ru) Противостояние планеты		306 280
3	German (de) Opposition (Astronomie)		181 167
4	Japanese (ja) 衝		176 181
5	Polish (pl) Opozycja (astronomia)		96 216
6	Spanish (es) Oposición (astronomía)		94 584
7	Dutch (nl) Oppositie (astronomie)		74 549
8	French (fr) Opposition (astronomie)		73 916
9	Chinese (zh) 衝 (天體位置)		73 525
10	Italian (it) Opposizione (astronomia)		65 075

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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 "Opposition (astronomy and astrology)" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Opposition (astronomy)		1 831
2	Russian (ru) Противостояние планеты		663
3	German (de) Opposition (Astronomie)		409
4	Simple English (simple) Opposition (astronomy and astrology)		406
5	Japanese (ja) 衝		364
6	Chinese (zh) 衝 (天體位置)		278
7	Italian (it) Opposizione (astronomia)		156
8	French (fr) Opposition (astronomie)		148
9	Dutch (nl) Oppositie (astronomie)		92
10	Spanish (es) Oposición (astronomía)		87

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

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Opposition (astronomy)		66
2	German (de) Opposition (Astronomie)		62
3	Italian (it) Opposizione (astronomia)		50
4	French (fr) Opposition (astronomie)		43
5	Russian (ru) Противостояние планеты		33
6	Dutch (nl) Oppositie (astronomie)		32
7	Polish (pl) Opozycja (astronomia)		26
8	Vietnamese (vi) Xung đối		26
9	Chinese (zh) 衝 (天體位置)		23
10	Hebrew (he) ניגוד (אסטרונומיה)		21

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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 "Opposition (astronomy and astrology)" with the highest AI in June 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Danish (da) Opposition (astronomi)		1
2	Arabic (ar) مقابلة (علم الفلك)		0
3	Azerbaijani (az) Qarşıdurma (astronomiya)		0
4	Belarusian (be) Процістаянне планеты		0
5	Bulgarian (bg) Опозиция (астрономия)		0
6	Catalan (ca) Oposició (astronomia)		0
7	Czech (cs) Opozice (astronomie)		0
8	German (de) Opposition (Astronomie)		0
9	Greek (el) Αντίθεση (αστρονομία)		0
10	English (en) Opposition (astronomy)		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 "Opposition (astronomy and astrology)" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Opposition (astronomy)		304
2	Russian (ru) Противостояние планеты		185
3	German (de) Opposition (Astronomie)		136
4	Arabic (ar) مقابلة (علم الفلك)		128
5	Chinese (zh) 衝 (天體位置)		100
6	Italian (it) Opposizione (astronomia)		87
7	Belarusian (be) Процістаянне планеты		86
8	French (fr) Opposition (astronomie)		83
9	Japanese (ja) 衝		68
10	Spanish (es) Oposición (astronomía)		67

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic مقابلة (علم الفلك)
az	Azerbaijani Qarşıdurma (astronomiya)
be	Belarusian Процістаянне планеты
bg	Bulgarian Опозиция (астрономия)
ca	Catalan Oposició (astronomia)
cs	Czech Opozice (astronomie)
da	Danish Opposition (astronomi)
de	German Opposition (Astronomie)
el	Greek Αντίθεση (αστρονομία)
en	English Opposition (astronomy)
eo	Esperanto Opozicio (astronomio)
es	Spanish Oposición (astronomía)
et	Estonian Opositsioon (astronoomia)
fa	Persian مقابله (اخترشناسی)
fi	Finnish Oppositio (tähtitiede)
fr	French Opposition (astronomie)
he	Hebrew ניגוד (אסטרונומיה)
hi	Hindi विमुखता ( ग्रह )
hr	Croatian Opozicija (astronomija)
hy	Armenian Մոլորակների առճակատում
id	Indonesian Oposisi (astronomi)
it	Italian Opposizione (astronomia)
ja	Japanese 衝
ko	Korean 충 (천문학)
lt	Lithuanian Opozicija (astronomija)
ms	Malay Istiqbal (astronomi)
nl	Dutch Oppositie (astronomie)
nn	Norwegian (Nynorsk) Opposisjon i astronomi
no	Norwegian Opposisjon (astronomi)
pl	Polish Opozycja (astronomia)
pt	Portuguese Oposição (astronomia)
ro	Romanian Opoziție (astronomie)
ru	Russian Противостояние планеты
sh	Serbo-Croatian Opozicija (astronomija)
simple	Simple English Opposition (astronomy and astrology)
sk	Slovak Opozícia (astronómia)
sl	Slovenian Opozicija (astronomija)
sv	Swedish Opposition (astronomi)
tr	Turkish Karşı konum
uk	Ukrainian Протистояння планети
vi	Vietnamese Xung đối
zh	Chinese 衝 (天體位置)
zhminnan	Min Nan Chhiong (thian-bûn-ha̍k)

Best Rank

Simple English: #8834 04.2013

Global: #40856 07.2018

Best Rank

Simple English: #390 12.2016

Global: #11277 06.2010

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