Proper motion

Proper motion - astronomical measure of the observed changes in the apparent places of stars in the sky. Article “Proper motion” in Simple English Wikipedia has 15.8 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 2 references and 2 sections.

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 “Proper motion”, its content was written by 9 registered users of Simple English Wikipedia and edited by 670 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 48 times in Simple English Wikipedia and cited 58459 times in all languages (2862^nd place).

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (Simple English): #1564 in August 2018
• Global: #1897 in April 2003

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (Simple English): #12120 in June 2015
• Global: #141708 in November 2014

There are 41 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	Malay (ms) Gerakan wajar		82.9568
2	Chinese (zh) 自行		50.26
3	English (en) Proper motion		43.2523
4	Ukrainian (uk) Власний рух		38.4343
5	Bulgarian (bg) Собствено движение		32.4568
6	Portuguese (pt) Movimento próprio		30.8291
7	Esperanto (eo) Propra movo		25.547
8	Croatian (hr) Vlastito gibanje (astronomija)		24.3173
9	Persian (fa) حرکت خاص		23.5697
10	Romanian (ro) Mișcare proprie		20.368

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

The most popular language versions of the article "Proper motion" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Proper motion		805 690
2	Russian (ru) Собственное движение		96 426
3	Spanish (es) Movimiento propio		96 103
4	German (de) Eigenbewegung (Astronomie)		86 718
5	Japanese (ja) 固有運動		84 343
6	Chinese (zh) 自行		70 514
7	Italian (it) Moto proprio		63 105
8	Polish (pl) Ruch własny		61 885
9	Portuguese (pt) Movimento próprio		54 944
10	French (fr) Mouvement propre		53 675

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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 "Proper motion" in June 2026

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Proper motion		1 966
2	Chinese (zh) 自行		252
3	Japanese (ja) 固有運動		211
4	German (de) Eigenbewegung (Astronomie)		197
5	Russian (ru) Собственное движение		197
6	French (fr) Mouvement propre		150
7	Italian (it) Moto proprio		117
8	Spanish (es) Movimiento propio		103
9	Dutch (nl) Eigenbeweging		69
10	Polish (pl) Ruch własny		67

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

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Proper motion		142
2	French (fr) Mouvement propre		64
3	German (de) Eigenbewegung (Astronomie)		53
4	Italian (it) Moto proprio		49
5	Russian (ru) Собственное движение		41
6	Dutch (nl) Eigenbeweging		32
7	Hungarian (hu) Sajátmozgás		26
8	Chinese (zh) 自行		22
9	Finnish (fi) Ominaisliike		17
10	Japanese (ja) 固有運動		17

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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 "Proper motion" with the highest AI in June 2026

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Italian (it) Moto proprio		1
2	Arabic (ar) حركة خاصة		0
3	Bulgarian (bg) Собствено движение		0
4	Catalan (ca) Moviment propi		0
5	Czech (cs) Vlastní pohyb		0
6	Danish (da) Egenbevægelse		0
7	German (de) Eigenbewegung (Astronomie)		0
8	Greek (el) Ιδία κίνηση		0
9	English (en) Proper motion		0
10	Esperanto (eo) Propra movo		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 "Proper motion" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	Chinese (zh) 自行		9 246
2	Ukrainian (uk) Власний рух		8 673
3	Russian (ru) Собственное движение		7 419
4	Swedish (sv) Egenrörelse		6 350
5	English (en) Proper motion		5 813
6	Italian (it) Moto proprio		3 451
7	French (fr) Mouvement propre		3 039
8	Catalan (ca) Moviment propi		2 221
9	Japanese (ja) 固有運動		2 027
10	German (de) Eigenbewegung (Astronomie)		1 984

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic حركة خاصة
bg	Bulgarian Собствено движение
ca	Catalan Moviment propi
cs	Czech Vlastní pohyb
da	Danish Egenbevægelse
de	German Eigenbewegung (Astronomie)
el	Greek Ιδία κίνηση
en	English Proper motion
eo	Esperanto Propra movo
es	Spanish Movimiento propio
fa	Persian حرکت خاص
fi	Finnish Ominaisliike
fr	French Mouvement propre
he	Hebrew תנועה עצמית
hi	Hindi विशेष चाल
hr	Croatian Vlastito gibanje (astronomija)
hu	Hungarian Sajátmozgás
hy	Armenian Աստղերի սեփական շարժումներ
id	Indonesian Gerak diri
it	Italian Moto proprio
ja	Japanese 固有運動
kk	Kazakh Жұлдыздың меншікті қозғалысы
ko	Korean 고유운동
lt	Lithuanian Savasis judėjimas
ms	Malay Gerakan wajar
nl	Dutch Eigenbeweging
nn	Norwegian (Nynorsk) Eigenrørsle
no	Norwegian Egenbevegelse
pl	Polish Ruch własny
pt	Portuguese Movimento próprio
ro	Romanian Mișcare proprie
ru	Russian Собственное движение
simple	Simple English Proper motion
sk	Slovak Vlastný pohyb
sl	Slovenian Lastno gibanje
sv	Swedish Egenrörelse
th	Thai การเคลื่อนที่เฉพาะ
tr	Turkish Özdevinim (gökbilim)
uk	Ukrainian Власний рух
vi	Vietnamese Chuyển động riêng
zh	Chinese 自行

Best Rank

Simple English: #12120 06.2015

Global: #141708 11.2014

Best Rank

Simple English: #1564 08.2018

Global: #1897 04.2003

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