Yarkovsky effect

Yarkovsky effect - force acting on a rotating body in space caused by the anisotropic emission of thermal photons, which carry momentum. Article “Yarkovsky effect” in English Wikipedia has 24.7 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 10 references and 6 sections.

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

Since the creation of article “Yarkovsky effect”, its content was written by 89 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 417 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 86 times in English Wikipedia and cited 764 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #5196 in April 2002
• Global: #6096 in April 2002

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #111243 in February 2013
• Global: #62986 in April 2012

There are 26 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	Dutch (nl) Jarkovski-effect		27.688
2	Turkish (tr) Yarkovsky etkisi		26.772
3	English (en) Yarkovsky effect		24.6803
4	Ukrainian (uk) Ефект Ярковського		23.7766
5	Slovenian (sl) Pojav Jarkovskega		21.0581
6	Chinese (zh) 亚尔科夫斯基效应		19.3521
7	German (de) Jarkowski-Effekt		18.5873
8	French (fr) Effet Yarkovsky		17.9359
9	Hungarian (hu) Jarkovszkij-hatás		15.0478
10	Japanese (ja) ヤルコフスキー効果		14.9473

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

The most popular language versions of the article "Yarkovsky effect" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Yarkovsky effect		531 707
2	Russian (ru) Эффект Ярковского		124 728
3	German (de) Jarkowski-Effekt		83 125
4	Japanese (ja) ヤルコフスキー効果		68 418
5	Polish (pl) Efekt Jarkowskiego		56 858
6	French (fr) Effet Yarkovsky		50 238
7	Spanish (es) Efecto Yarkovsky		41 718
8	Italian (it) Effetto Yarkovsky		39 575
9	Chinese (zh) 亚尔科夫斯基效应		15 613
10	Czech (cs) Jarkovského efekt		13 500

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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 "Yarkovsky effect" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Yarkovsky effect		2 414
2	Russian (ru) Эффект Ярковского		267
3	French (fr) Effet Yarkovsky		228
4	German (de) Jarkowski-Effekt		192
5	Japanese (ja) ヤルコフスキー効果		182
6	Polish (pl) Efekt Jarkowskiego		120
7	Chinese (zh) 亚尔科夫斯基效应		116
8	Spanish (es) Efecto Yarkovsky		100
9	Italian (it) Effetto Yarkovsky		95
10	Portuguese (pt) Efeito de Yarkovsky		39

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

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Yarkovsky effect		89
2	German (de) Jarkowski-Effekt		62
3	French (fr) Effet Yarkovsky		50
4	Italian (it) Effetto Yarkovsky		40
5	Russian (ru) Эффект Ярковского		29
6	Polish (pl) Efekt Jarkowskiego		21
7	Spanish (es) Efecto Yarkovsky		19
8	Japanese (ja) ヤルコフスキー効果		12
9	Dutch (nl) Jarkovski-effect		11
10	Czech (cs) Jarkovského efekt		10

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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 "Yarkovsky effect" with the highest AI in June 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Chinese (zh) 亚尔科夫斯基效应		1
2	Arabic (ar) تأثير ياركوفيسكي		0
3	Belarusian (be) Эфект Яркоўскага		0
4	Catalan (ca) Efecte Iarkovski		0
5	Czech (cs) Jarkovského efekt		0
6	German (de) Jarkowski-Effekt		0
7	Greek (el) Φαινόμενο Γιαρκόφσκι		0
8	English (en) Yarkovsky effect		0
9	Spanish (es) Efecto Yarkovsky		0
10	Persian (fa) اثر یارکوفسکی		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 "Yarkovsky effect" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	French (fr) Effet Yarkovsky		130
2	Russian (ru) Эффект Ярковского		114
3	English (en) Yarkovsky effect		86
4	Belarusian (be) Эфект Яркоўскага		84
5	Armenian (hy) Յարկովսկու էֆեկտ		49
6	Japanese (ja) ヤルコフスキー効果		35
7	German (de) Jarkowski-Effekt		31
8	Spanish (es) Efecto Yarkovsky		26
9	Ukrainian (uk) Ефект Ярковського		25
10	Italian (it) Effetto Yarkovsky		21

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic تأثير ياركوفيسكي
be	Belarusian Эфект Яркоўскага
ca	Catalan Efecte Iarkovski
cs	Czech Jarkovského efekt
de	German Jarkowski-Effekt
el	Greek Φαινόμενο Γιαρκόφσκι
en	English Yarkovsky effect
es	Spanish Efecto Yarkovsky
fa	Persian اثر یارکوفسکی
fr	French Effet Yarkovsky
he	Hebrew אפקט יארקובסקי
hu	Hungarian Jarkovszkij-hatás
hy	Armenian Յարկովսկու էֆեկտ
it	Italian Effetto Yarkovsky
ja	Japanese ヤルコフスキー効果
ko	Korean 야르콥스키 효과
nl	Dutch Jarkovski-effect
pl	Polish Efekt Jarkowskiego
pt	Portuguese Efeito de Yarkovsky
ro	Romanian Efectul Iarkovski
ru	Russian Эффект Ярковского
sl	Slovenian Pojav Jarkovskega
sv	Swedish Jarkovskij-effekten
tr	Turkish Yarkovsky etkisi
uk	Ukrainian Ефект Ярковського
zh	Chinese 亚尔科夫斯基效应

Best Rank

English: #111243 02.2013

Global: #62986 04.2012

Best Rank

English: #5196 04.2002

Global: #6096 04.2002

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