Orbital speed

Quality:

Orbital speed - speed at which it orbits around the barycenter of a system, usually around a more massive body. It can be used to refer to either the mean orbital speed, i.e. the average speed as it completes an orbit, or the speed at a particular point in its orbit. Article "Orbital speed" in Simple English Wikipedia has 0.6 points for quality (as of August 1, 2024).

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

Since the creation of article "Orbital speed", its content was written by 11 registered users of Simple English Wikipedia and edited by 607 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 84 times in Simple English Wikipedia and cited 34891 times in all languages (4542nd place).

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (Simple English): #1445 in April 2020
  • Global: #12645 in April 2003

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (Simple English): #10259 in May 2022
  • Global: #46409 in November 2014

There are 42 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 August 1, 2024 (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)
Bahngeschwindigkeit (Astronomie)
34.2682
2Croatian (hr)
Orbitalna brzina
30.0301
3English (en)
Orbital speed
25.9765
4Ukrainian (uk)
Орбітальна швидкість
19.4693
5Serbo-Croatian (sh)
Orbitalna brzina
18.8679
6Italian (it)
Velocità orbitale
17.9116
7Turkish (tr)
Yörünge hızı
16.4768
8Portuguese (pt)
Velocidade orbital
16.126
9Catalan (ca)
Velocitat orbital
15.5178
10Spanish (es)
Velocidad orbital
14.295
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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 "Orbital speed" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Orbital speed
2 035 384
2Spanish (es)
Velocidad orbital
496 956
3Russian (ru)
Орбитальная скорость
406 235
4German (de)
Bahngeschwindigkeit (Astronomie)
334 271
5Portuguese (pt)
Velocidade orbital
194 949
6French (fr)
Vitesse orbitale
174 545
7Polish (pl)
Prędkość orbitalna
157 893
8Italian (it)
Velocità orbitale
144 726
9Czech (cs)
Kruhová rychlost
114 031
10Vietnamese (vi)
Tốc độ vũ trụ cấp 1
107 998
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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 July 2024

The most popular language versions of the article "Orbital speed" in July 2024
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Orbital speed
6 215
2Russian (ru)
Орбитальная скорость
1 120
3German (de)
Bahngeschwindigkeit (Astronomie)
905
4Spanish (es)
Velocidad orbital
873
5French (fr)
Vitesse orbitale
576
6Korean (ko)
공전 속도
565
7Italian (it)
Velocità orbitale
477
8Vietnamese (vi)
Tốc độ vũ trụ cấp 1
424
9Portuguese (pt)
Velocidade orbital
288
10Japanese (ja)
軌道速度
269
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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 "Orbital speed" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Orbital speed
103
2German (de)
Bahngeschwindigkeit (Astronomie)
53
3French (fr)
Vitesse orbitale
49
4Italian (it)
Velocità orbitale
38
5Spanish (es)
Velocidad orbital
34
6Czech (cs)
Kruhová rychlost
31
7Russian (ru)
Орбитальная скорость
28
8Vietnamese (vi)
Tốc độ vũ trụ cấp 1
27
9Dutch (nl)
Omloopsnelheid (astronomie)
26
10Portuguese (pt)
Velocidade orbital
23
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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 July 2024

Language versions of the article "Orbital speed" with the highest AI in July 2024
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Orbital speed
1
2Spanish (es)
Velocidad orbital
1
3Arabic (ar)
سرعة مدارية
0
4Belarusian (be)
Арбітальная скорасць
0
5Bulgarian (bg)
Орбитална скорост
0
6Catalan (ca)
Velocitat orbital
0
7Czech (cs)
Kruhová rychlost
0
8German (de)
Bahngeschwindigkeit (Astronomie)
0
9Greek (el)
Τροχιακή ταχύτητα
0
10Esperanto (eo)
Orbita rapido
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 "Orbital speed" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1Swedish (sv)
Omloppshastighet
11 757
2German (de)
Bahngeschwindigkeit (Astronomie)
6 098
3Spanish (es)
Velocidad orbital
5 108
4Russian (ru)
Орбитальная скорость
3 325
5Portuguese (pt)
Velocidade orbital
2 420
6French (fr)
Vitesse orbitale
799
7Vietnamese (vi)
Tốc độ vũ trụ cấp 1
645
8Persian (fa)
سرعت مداری
597
9English (en)
Orbital speed
546
10Chinese (zh)
轨道速度
420
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Scores

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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
arArabic
سرعة مدارية
beBelarusian
Арбітальная скорасць
bgBulgarian
Орбитална скорост
caCatalan
Velocitat orbital
csCzech
Kruhová rychlost
deGerman
Bahngeschwindigkeit (Astronomie)
elGreek
Τροχιακή ταχύτητα
enEnglish
Orbital speed
eoEsperanto
Orbita rapido
esSpanish
Velocidad orbital
etEstonian
Orbitaalkiirus
faPersian
سرعت مداری
fiFinnish
Ratanopeus
frFrench
Vitesse orbitale
hiHindi
परिक्रमण गति
hrCroatian
Orbitalna brzina
hyArmenian
Ուղեծրային արագություն
idIndonesian
Kecepatan orbit
itItalian
Velocità orbitale
jaJapanese
軌道速度
kaGeorgian
ორბიტალური სიჩქარე
koKorean
공전 속도
msMalay
Kelajuan orbit
nlDutch
Omloopsnelheid (astronomie)
nnNorwegian (Nynorsk)
Banefart
noNorwegian
Omløpshastighet
plPolish
Prędkość orbitalna
ptPortuguese
Velocidade orbital
roRomanian
Viteză orbitală
ruRussian
Орбитальная скорость
shSerbo-Croatian
Orbitalna brzina
simpleSimple English
Orbital speed
skSlovak
Kruhová rýchlosť
slSlovenian
Tirna hitrost
srSerbian
Орбитална брзина
svSwedish
Omloppshastighet
taTamil
சுற்றுப்பாதை வேகம்
thThai
อัตราเร็วในวงโคจร
trTurkish
Yörünge hızı
ukUkrainian
Орбітальна швидкість
viVietnamese
Tốc độ vũ trụ cấp 1
zhChinese
轨道速度

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank Simple English:
#10259
05.2022
Global:
#46409
11.2014

AI rank trends

Best Rank Simple English:
#1445
04.2020
Global:
#12645
04.2003

Local AI rank history

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Orbital speed from Wikipedia articles about Earth, Escape velocity, Orbital velocity, Kármán line and Moon. Whereas reading the article about Orbital speed people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Standard gravitational parameter, Escape velocity, Specific orbital energy, Vis-viva equation and Barycenter.

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