X-ray astronomy

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X-ray astronomy

Quality:

X-ray astronomy - branch of astronomy that uses X-ray observation. Article “X-ray astronomy” in Simple English Wikipedia has 1.6 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026).

This article has the best quality in English Wikipedia. Also, this article is the most popular in that (Simple English) language version.

Since the creation of article “X-ray astronomy”, its content was written by 5 registered users of Simple English Wikipedia and edited by 714 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 16 times in Simple English Wikipedia and cited 3551 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (Simple English): #913 in July 2021
  • Global: #305 in October 2001

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (Simple English): #24249 in August 2023
  • Global: #133303 in November 2009

There are 37 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.

Languages with the highest quality

#LanguageQuality gradeQuality score
1English (en)
X-ray astronomy
87.625
2Spanish (es)
Astronomía de rayos-X
81.9661
3Turkish (tr)
X ışını astronomisi
53.5732
4Dutch (nl)
Röntgenastronomie
52.6312
5Chinese (zh)
X射线天文学
43.2217
6Portuguese (pt)
Astronomia de raios-X
39.3541
7Croatian (hr)
Rendgenska astronomija
37.229
8Ukrainian (uk)
Рентгенівська астрономія
30.1857
9Serbo-Croatian (sh)
Rendgenska astronomija
29.6308
10Greek (el)
Αστρονομία ακτίνων Χ
28.0904
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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 "X-ray astronomy" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
X-ray astronomy
687 135
2Japanese (ja)
X線天文学
85 231
3Polish (pl)
Astronomia rentgenowska
63 833
4Spanish (es)
Astronomía de rayos-X
56 424
5Chinese (zh)
X射线天文学
50 261
6French (fr)
Astronomie en rayons X
48 926
7Italian (it)
Astronomia a raggi X
47 694
8Russian (ru)
Рентгеновская астрономия
47 507
9German (de)
Röntgenastronomie
45 532
10Dutch (nl)
Röntgenastronomie
37 383
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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 June 2026

The most popular language versions of the article "X-ray astronomy" in June 2026
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
X-ray astronomy
950
2Chinese (zh)
X射线天文学
185
3Japanese (ja)
X線天文学
128
4Spanish (es)
Astronomía de rayos-X
110
5Russian (ru)
Рентгеновская астрономия
69
6French (fr)
Astronomie en rayons X
65
7German (de)
Röntgenastronomie
61
8Dutch (nl)
Röntgenastronomie
50
9Turkish (tr)
X ışını astronomisi
42
10Polish (pl)
Astronomia rentgenowska
39
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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 "X-ray astronomy" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
X-ray astronomy
190
2German (de)
Röntgenastronomie
60
3French (fr)
Astronomie en rayons X
55
4Italian (it)
Astronomia a raggi X
53
5Dutch (nl)
Röntgenastronomie
50
6Japanese (ja)
X線天文学
31
7Hungarian (hu)
Röntgencsillagászat
29
8Spanish (es)
Astronomía de rayos-X
26
9Polish (pl)
Astronomia rentgenowska
23
10Finnish (fi)
Röntgentähtitiede
19
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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 June 2026

Language versions of the article "X-ray astronomy" with the highest AI in June 2026
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1Arabic (ar)
علم فلك الأشعة السينية
1
2English (en)
X-ray astronomy
1
3Croatian (hr)
Rendgenska astronomija
1
4Hungarian (hu)
Röntgencsillagászat
1
5Uzbek (uz)
Rentgen astronomiyasi
1
6Azerbaijani (az)
Rentgen astronomiya
0
7Catalan (ca)
Astronomia de raigs X
0
8Czech (cs)
Rentgenová astronomie
0
9German (de)
Röntgenastronomie
0
10Greek (el)
Αστρονομία ακτίνων Χ
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 "X-ray astronomy" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
X-ray astronomy
932
2French (fr)
Astronomie en rayons X
420
3Arabic (ar)
علم فلك الأشعة السينية
359
4Chinese (zh)
X射线天文学
177
5Persian (fa)
اخترشناسی پرتو ایکس
161
6Japanese (ja)
X線天文学
158
7Ukrainian (uk)
Рентгенівська астрономія
140
8Dutch (nl)
Röntgenastronomie
130
9German (de)
Röntgenastronomie
107
10Polish (pl)
Astronomia rentgenowska
105
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Scores

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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
arArabic
علم فلك الأشعة السينية
azAzerbaijani
Rentgen astronomiya
caCatalan
Astronomia de raigs X
csCzech
Rentgenová astronomie
deGerman
Röntgenastronomie
elGreek
Αστρονομία ακτίνων Χ
enEnglish
X-ray astronomy
esSpanish
Astronomía de rayos-X
etEstonian
Röntgenastronoomia
faPersian
اخترشناسی پرتو ایکس
fiFinnish
Röntgentähtitiede
frFrench
Astronomie en rayons X
hrCroatian
Rendgenska astronomija
huHungarian
Röntgencsillagászat
idIndonesian
Astronomi sinar-X
itItalian
Astronomia a raggi X
jaJapanese
X線天文学
kkKazakh
Рентгендік астрономия
koKorean
엑스선천문학
msMalay
Astronomi sinar-X
nlDutch
Röntgenastronomie
nnNorwegian (Nynorsk)
Røntgenastronomi
noNorwegian
Røntgenastronomi
plPolish
Astronomia rentgenowska
ptPortuguese
Astronomia de raios-X
ruRussian
Рентгеновская астрономия
shSerbo-Croatian
Rendgenska astronomija
simpleSimple English
X-ray astronomy
skSlovak
Röntgenová astronómia
srSerbian
Рендгенска астрономија
svSwedish
Röntgenastronomi
thThai
ดาราศาสตร์รังสีเอ็กซ์
trTurkish
X ışını astronomisi
ukUkrainian
Рентгенівська астрономія
uzUzbek
Rentgen astronomiyasi
viVietnamese
Thiên văn học tia X
zhChinese
X射线天文学

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank Simple English:
#24249
08.2023
Global:
#133303
11.2009

AI rank trends

Best Rank Simple English:
#913
07.2021
Global:
#305
10.2001

Local AI rank history

Global AI rank history

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2025 – June 2026)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on X-ray astronomy from Wikipedia articles about Chandra X-ray Observatory, X-ray, Gamma ray, X-ray binary and Astronomical spectroscopy. Whereas reading the article about X-ray astronomy people most often go to Wikipedia articles on X-ray, X-ray telescope, Astrophysical X-ray source, Scorpius X-1 and History of X-ray astronomy.

Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

List of Wikipedia articles in different languages (starting with the most popular):

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