Satellite galaxies of the Milky Way

List of satellites of the Milky Way - Wikimedia list article. Article "Satellite galaxies of the Milky Way" in English Wikipedia has 55.8 points for quality (as of August 1, 2024). The article contains 59 references and 8 sections.

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

In July 2024 the article "Satellite galaxies of the Milky Way" was edited by 3 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 5 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article "Satellite galaxies of the Milky Way", its content was written by 76 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 237 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 294 times in English Wikipedia and cited 1739 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #67155 in August 2023
• Global: #32373 in April 2016

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #62449 in July 2015
• Global: #100592 in July 2015

There are 19 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.

#	Language	Quality grade	Quality score
1	Chinese (zh) 銀河系的衛星星系		65.271
2	Vietnamese (vi) Thiên hà vệ tinh của Ngân Hà		57.5119
3	English (en) Satellite galaxies of the Milky Way		55.8019
4	Russian (ru) Галактики-спутники Млечного Пути		48.4971
5	Italian (it) Galassie satellite della Via Lattea		42.6857
6	German (de) Liste der Satellitengalaxien der Milchstraße		41.203
7	Portuguese (pt) Galáxias satélites da Via Láctea		35.5364
8	French (fr) Liste de galaxies satellites de la Voie lactée		34.141
9	Persian (fa) فهرست کهکشان‌های ماهواره‌ای راه شیری		33.8017
10	Arabic (ar) قائمة المجرات التابعة لمجرة درب التبانة		30.3871

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

The most popular language versions of the article "Satellite galaxies of the Milky Way" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Satellite galaxies of the Milky Way		538 826
2	Russian (ru) Галактики-спутники Млечного Пути		118 980
3	German (de) Liste der Satellitengalaxien der Milchstraße		91 393
4	Japanese (ja) 銀河系の伴銀河一覧		67 191
5	Chinese (zh) 銀河系的衛星星系		36 414
6	Portuguese (pt) Galáxias satélites da Via Láctea		31 649
7	Turkish (tr) Samanyolu'nun uydu gökadaları		18 489
8	French (fr) Liste de galaxies satellites de la Voie lactée		17 882
9	Indonesian (id) Galaksi satelit Bima Sakti		10 969
10	Italian (it) Galassie satellite della Via Lattea		10 808

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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 "Satellite galaxies of the Milky Way" in July 2024

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Satellite galaxies of the Milky Way		3 200
2	Russian (ru) Галактики-спутники Млечного Пути		898
3	German (de) Liste der Satellitengalaxien der Milchstraße		516
4	Japanese (ja) 銀河系の伴銀河一覧		395
5	French (fr) Liste de galaxies satellites de la Voie lactée		158
6	Chinese (zh) 銀河系的衛星星系		148
7	Italian (it) Galassie satellite della Via Lattea		114
8	Arabic (ar) قائمة المجرات التابعة لمجرة درب التبانة		94
9	Korean (ko) 우리은하의 위성은하 목록		85
10	Portuguese (pt) Galáxias satélites da Via Láctea		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 "Satellite galaxies of the Milky Way" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Satellite galaxies of the Milky Way		76
2	German (de) Liste der Satellitengalaxien der Milchstraße		35
3	Russian (ru) Галактики-спутники Млечного Пути		18
4	Chinese (zh) 銀河系的衛星星系		13
5	French (fr) Liste de galaxies satellites de la Voie lactée		12
6	Italian (it) Galassie satellite della Via Lattea		10
7	Arabic (ar) قائمة المجرات التابعة لمجرة درب التبانة		9
8	Portuguese (pt) Galáxias satélites da Via Láctea		9
9	Simple English (simple) List of satellites of the Milky Way		9
10	Japanese (ja) 銀河系の伴銀河一覧		8

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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 "Satellite galaxies of the Milky Way" with the highest AI in July 2024

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Satellite galaxies of the Milky Way		3
2	Russian (ru) Галактики-спутники Млечного Пути		2
3	Arabic (ar) قائمة المجرات التابعة لمجرة درب التبانة		0
4	Catalan (ca) Galàxies satèl·lits de la Via Làctia		0
5	German (de) Liste der Satellitengalaxien der Milchstraße		0
6	Greek (el) Δορυφόροι γαλαξίες του Γαλαξία		0
7	Persian (fa) فهرست کهکشان‌های ماهواره‌ای راه شیری		0
8	French (fr) Liste de galaxies satellites de la Voie lactée		0
9	Indonesian (id) Galaksi satelit Bima Sakti		0
10	Italian (it) Galassie satellite della Via Lattea		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 "Satellite galaxies of the Milky Way" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	Arabic (ar) قائمة المجرات التابعة لمجرة درب التبانة		315
2	English (en) Satellite galaxies of the Milky Way		294
3	Vietnamese (vi) Thiên hà vệ tinh của Ngân Hà		182
4	Russian (ru) Галактики-спутники Млечного Пути		172
5	Chinese (zh) 銀河系的衛星星系		125
6	Indonesian (id) Galaksi satelit Bima Sakti		121
7	Portuguese (pt) Galáxias satélites da Via Láctea		97
8	Catalan (ca) Galàxies satèl·lits de la Via Làctia		82
9	Turkish (tr) Samanyolu'nun uydu gökadaları		69
10	German (de) Liste der Satellitengalaxien der Milchstraße		63

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic قائمة المجرات التابعة لمجرة درب التبانة
ca	Catalan Galàxies satèl·lits de la Via Làctia
de	German Liste der Satellitengalaxien der Milchstraße
el	Greek Δορυφόροι γαλαξίες του Γαλαξία
en	English Satellite galaxies of the Milky Way
fa	Persian فهرست کهکشان‌های ماهواره‌ای راه شیری
fr	French Liste de galaxies satellites de la Voie lactée
id	Indonesian Galaksi satelit Bima Sakti
it	Italian Galassie satellite della Via Lattea
ja	Japanese 銀河系の伴銀河一覧
ko	Korean 우리은하의 위성은하 목록
pt	Portuguese Galáxias satélites da Via Láctea
ru	Russian Галактики-спутники Млечного Пути
simple	Simple English List of satellites of the Milky Way
sk	Slovak Zoznam satelitných galaxií Mliečnej cesty
ta	Tamil பால் வழி துணைக்குழு
tr	Turkish Samanyolu'nun uydu gökadaları
vi	Vietnamese Thiên hà vệ tinh của Ngân Hà
zh	Chinese 銀河系的衛星星系

Best Rank

English: #62449 07.2015

Global: #100592 07.2015

Best Rank

English: #67155 08.2023

Global: #32373 04.2016

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