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==Reorganization of Space related wikiprojects==
I've been thinking about how the Mars and Moon wikiprojects will fit into the Solar System project and have come up with the following suggestions;
# All discussions on these two talk pages should be redirected to the Solar System talk page in order to help achieve a critical mass.
# The main Mars and Moon project pages should remain as is. These contain useful information related to these specialized subtopics.
# The article assessments and project banners should remain as is for the Moon and Mars subprojects. These are useful for those who are interested in tracking health of these respective subdisiplines.
# If the time comes that the talk page of Solar System becomes overloaded, we can spin off these topics back to the old Mars and Moon talk pages.
Let me know what you think. In about a week I'll make the necessary changes to the Moon talk page. (I am currently alerting the members of Martian Geography to the possibility of renaming this project to just Mars to increase its scope.) [[User:Lunokhod|Lunokhod]] 22:32, 25 February 2007 (UTC)
:Please refer tp the [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Space/Reorganisation|'''discussion on reorganising Space-related projects''']]. Best to keep all discussion in one place. --<span style="color: #116655;">'''GW_Simulations'''<sub>[[User:GW Simulations|<span style="color: #000000;">User Page</span>]] | [[User talk:GW_Simulations|<span style="color: #000000;">Talk</span>]]</sub></span> 20:45, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

==Mars: FAC==
The [[Mars]] page has been put in as a featured article candidate - the comments so far [[Wikipedia:Featured_article_candidates/Mars|here]] are of general interest to the current space reorganisation and solar system wide FA status :) - also any help giving Mars a push towards FAC velocity much appreciated, kind regards, [[User:Sbandrews|sbandrews]] 18:50, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

==Ephemerides==
Found these, some of them have been prodded. [[User:70.51.8.30|70.51.8.30]] 06:42, 3 March 2007 (UTC)
*[[Aspects of Mars]]
*[[Aspects of 1 Ceres]]
*[[Aspects of 2 Pallas]]
*[[Aspects of 3 Juno]]
*[[Aspects of 4 Vesta]]
*[[Aspects of Jupiter]]
*[[Aspects of Saturn]]
*[[Aspects of Uranus]]
*[[Aspects of Neptune]]
*[[Aspects of Pluto]]

==Exploded Planet Hypothesis==
[[Exploded Planet Hypothesis]] has been AfD'd. [[User:70.55.84.23|70.55.84.23]] 06:55, 6 March 2007 (UTC)

==Conversion templates==
Hello!  This is to announce that several templates for automatic convertion between metric and imperial units and for displaying consistently formatted output have been created: {{tl|km to mi}}, {{tl|mi to km}}, {{tl|m to ft}}, {{tl|ft to m}}, {{tl|km2 to mi2}}, {{tl|mi2 to km2}}, {{tl|m2 to ft2}}, and {{tl|ft2 to m2}}.  Hopefully, they will be useful to the participants of this WikiProject.  The templates are all documented, provide parameters to fine-tune the output, and can be substituted if necessary.
Any suggestions, requests for improvement/features, or bug reports are welcome.&mdash;[[User:Ezhiki|Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky)]]&nbsp;•&nbsp;([[User talk:Ezhiki|yo?]]); 17:12, 6 March 2007 (UTC)

== [[Portal:Solar System]] ==
How shall we maintain the Solar System portal? [[User:Atomic1609|Atomic1609]] 19:06, 24 March 2007 (UTC)
*I put my thoughts [[Portal_talk:Solar_System#My Opinion of How this Portal Should Work|here]]. — [[User:Pious7|<b style="color:blue;">Pious7</b>]][[User_talk:Pious7|<sub style="color:green;">Talk</sub>]][[Special:Contributions/Pious7|<sup style="color:purple;">Contribs</sup>]] 03:11, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

==Pluto GA Nomination==
Pluto is close to achieving GA status, but there are a few unreferenced sections.  [[User:Atomic1609|Atomic1609]] 12:38, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

==aspects of asteroids==
A whole lot of asteroids appear to have these ''ephemerides'' sections attached to them. See asteroids starting at #10, and continuing on and on and on. [[User:132.205.44.134|132.205.44.134]] 21:40, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

== Independent evidence for Apollo Moon landings → Apollo missions tracked by independent parties ==
[[Independent evidence for Apollo Moon landings]] → [[Apollo missions tracked by independent parties]]- proposed by [[user:ScienceApologist]].  [[User:132.205.44.134|132.205.44.134]] 23:08, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

== Template:Pluto spacecraft, Template:Neptune spacecraft, Template:Uranus spacecraft ==
[[Template:Pluto spacecraft]] has been proposed for deletion at [[WP:TFD]] by [[user:Cop 633]]. [[User:132.205.44.134|132.205.44.134]] 23:37, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

== [[Uranus]] ==
I nominated [[Uranus]] for [[WP:AID]] because it needs work (the other planets and dwarf planets are good or featured articles). Please support it there. — [[User:Pious7|<b style="color:blue;">Pious7</b>]][[User_talk:Pious7|<sub style="color:green;">Talk</sub>]][[Special:Contributions/Pious7|<sup style="color:purple;">Contribs</sup>]] 00:11, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

==Solar nebula renaming==
*'''<s>[[Planetary formation]]→ [[Nebular hypothesis]]</s> [[Solar nebula]] → [[Nebular hypothesis]]''' - [[User:Serendipodous|Serendipodous]] 20:58, 12 April 2007 (UTC)
: See [[WP:RM]] for the suggestion.
[[User:70.51.11.38|70.51.11.38]] 03:29, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

== Category:Solar System dynamic theories ==
I made the [[:Category:Solar System dynamic theories]], containing post-Newton astronomical ({{User:Rursus/Scream|not}} that astrological stuff) theories about explosive solar system events, like [[Late Heavy Bombardment]], [[Planet V]] etc..
# Either: kill me violently, screaming: ''why did you create that stupid category? (you moron!!)'',
# Or: hint me about pages that may belong to that category.
# ...''no third option''...
Said: <span style="background-color: #FFFF80; color: #800000">''[[User:Rursus|Rursus]]''</span> 10:19, 19 April 2007 (UTC)

==Major Articles==
Are there any really major Solar System articles that should go [[Portal:Solar_System/Solar_System_topics|in the portal]] that I left out? Keep in mind that sub-articles of planets have to be added evenly. For example, we can't just have [[Geography of Mars]] if we want it, we have to have a Geography article for every planet that has it. Also remember that not every Solar System-related article can fit without cluttering the portal - I'm asking if I left out any obvious major articles. — [[User:Pious7|<b style="color:blue;">Pious7</b>]][[User_talk:Pious7|<sub style="color:green;">Talk</sub>]][[Special:Contributions/Pious7|<sup style="color:purple;">Contribs</sup>]] 15:39, 21 April 2007 (UTC)
:I've added [[Halley's Comet]] to the list of comets in the topics section. [[User:Watch37264|Watch37264]] 19:18, 21 April 2007 (UTC)

==Neptune Peer Review==
Because [[Neptune]] is an A-class article, I started a [[Wikipedia:Peer review/Neptune/archive3|peer review]] for it. Feel free to review it or address some of the criticism so it can become a featured article candidate. The [[Wikipedia:Featured_topics/boxes/Solar_System|Solar System featured topic]] is almost all featured articles and this makes it one step closer. — [[User:Pious7|<b style="color:blue;">Pious7</b>]][[User_talk:Pious7|<sub style="color:green;">Talk</sub>]][[Special:Contributions/Pious7|<sup style="color:purple;">Contribs</sup>]] 19:47, 21 April 2007 (UTC)

== [[Portal: Solar System]] as Featured Portal Candidate ==
[[Portal: Solar System]] is a featured portal candidate at [[Wikipedia:Featured_portal_candidates/Portal:Solar_System]]. So far, there hasn't been much of a discussion. — [[User:Pious7|<b style="color:blue;">Pious7</b>]][[User_talk:Pious7|<sub style="color:green;">Talk</sub>]][[Special:Contributions/Pious7|<sup style="color:purple;">Contribs</sup>]] 20:12, 25 April 2007 (UTC)

== Importance ratings on articles... ==
I think we should have importance ratings on articles. Some articles obviously deserve more attention than others (e.g. [[Solar System]] would be top-importance, the planets and dwarf planets would be high-importance, etc.). Especially if the Space reorganization is ever complete, we need to be more active. — [[User:Pious7|<b style="color:blue;">Pious7</b>]][[User_talk:Pious7|<sub style="color:green;">Talk</sub>]][[Special:Contributions/Pious7|<sup style="color:purple;">Contribs</sup>]] 21:21, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

==Hey Guys==
Hey fellow members.  Doesn't everyone agree with me that we should make a userbox for our WikiProject.  What does everyone else think?  Leave your comments [[User talk:Meldshal42|here]].  Thanks, [[User:Meldshal42|Meldshal42]].
*I made one at [[Template:User Solar System]]... — [[User:Pious7|<b style="color:blue;">Pious7</b>]][[User_talk:Pious7|<sub style="color:green;">Talk</sub>]][[Special:Contributions/Pious7|<sup style="color:purple;">Contribs</sup>]] 00:29, 8 May 2007 (UTC)

==[[Oort Cloud]]==
Hi
I'm trying to sort out the mess at the end of the [[Oort Cloud]] article, and have put a potential rewrite on the article's talk page. Any feedback would be most welcome - I've read the literature in an attempt to sort this out, but the outer solar system isn't my usual territory. [[User:Chrislintott|Chrislintott]] 18:53, 12 May 2007 (UTC)
*I've added it to the To Do list of WikiProject Solar System under "cleanup." — '''[[User:Pious7|<span style="color:blue;">Pious</span>]][[User_talk:Pious7|<span style="color:green;">7</span>]]''' 02:25, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

==Amalthea==
<s>I nominated article about [[Amalthea (moon)|Amalthea]] for good article status. Please, review it. [[User:Ruslik0|Ruslik]] 12:02, 17 May 2007 (UTC)</s>
The article about [[Amalthea (moon)]] has been listed as a [[Wikipedia:good_articles|good article]] now. [[User:Ruslik0|Ruslik]] 13:27, 26 May 2007 (UTC)

==Rings of Jupiter==
I requested [[Wikipedia:Scientific peer review/Rings of Jupiter|scienific peer review]] of the article about [[Rings of Jupiter]]. Any comments are welcome.[[User:Ruslik0|Ruslik]] 11:13, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

== [[Uranus]] is ACID's collaboration this week ==
[[Uranus]] has survived [[WP:ACID]] and is this week's collaboration. Please help improve this neglected article if you can. — '''[[User:Pious7|<span style="color:blue;">Pious</span>]][[User_talk:Pious7|<span style="color:green;">7</span>]]''' 02:19, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

== Planetary-size comparison ==
Found an unusual article, [[Planetary-size comparison]], which in a previous incarnation was redirected as a fork. Looks like it might be cleaned up into a reasonable article for the Simple English Wikipedia? [[User:70.55.86.19|70.55.86.19]] 05:02, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

==Rings of Jupiter to FA==
I nominated the article for [[Wikipedia:Featured_article_candidates|FA status]]. Please, participate. [[User:Ruslik0|Ruslik]] 13:35, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

== Deadline for [[Uranus]] ==
Per the new resolution at [[Wikipedia:Featured topic criteria]], the [[Wikipedia:Featured topics/boxes/Solar System|''Solar System'' featured topic]] will be eligible for removal after 1 January 2008 if [[Uranus]] is not improved to GA or FA level.  Thanks.--[[User:Pharos|Pharos]] 03:09, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

== [[Io (moon)]] Scientific Peer Review ==
I have submitted [[Io (moon)]] for a [[WP:SPR|Scientific Peer Review]].  Any comments on further improve the article, particularly along the lines of the points mentioned on the peer review [[Wikipedia:Scientific_peer_review/Io (moon)|discussion page]], would be much appreciated.  Let's try to get another moon to featured article status (or in this case, back to featured article status).  --[[User:Volcanopele|Volcanopele]] 20:39, 12 June 2007 (UTC)

== Tiamat (hypothetical planet) ==
[[Tiamat (hypothetical planet)]] has been requested for deletion at [[WP:AFD]] by [[User:JoshuaZ]]. [[User:132.205.44.134|132.205.44.134]] 02:35, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

Agree, because it's not a scientific theory. Its proper place should be in the modern mythology category if it existed (not in Hypothetical bodies of the Solar System). [[User:Ruslik0|Ruslik]] 07:43, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

==FT Discussion==
There is a discussion going on about the Solar System featured topic [[Wikipedia talk:Featured topics/Solar System|on its talk page]]. Feel free to contribute to the discussion and help improve that featured topic's articles.— '''[[User:Pious7|<span style="color:blue;">Pious</span>]][[User_talk:Pious7|<span style="color:green;">7</span>]]''' 15:13, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

== Selecting Pictures for [[Portal:Solar System]] ==
''You'' can help select pictures for [[Portal:Solar System]]! Simply go to [[Portal:Solar System/Selected picture/Nominate|the nomination page]] and nominate or vote on a featured picture that meets its requirements. — '''[[User:Pious7|<span style="color:blue;">Pious</span>]][[User_talk:Pious7|<span style="color:green;">7</span>]]''' 18:07, 24 June 2007 (UTC)

==I've got Sitchin==
Every now and again I come down with serious Sitchin. And now it's at [[hypothetical planet]] again. I deleted it and it came right back. I don't really know what to do with him; he just keeps popping up. It's the new religion I think. [[User:Serendipodous|Serendipodous]] 22:21, 30 June 2007 (UTC)

==Minor forking issue==
I'm not sure if this is resolvable, but [[heliosphere]], [[interplanetary medium]], and [[solar wind]] all deal with different aspects of the same thing. I was wondering if there was some possibility for mergence. [[User:Serendipodous|Serendipodous]] 22:21, 30 June 2007 (UTC)

==List of asteroids at AfD==
[[List of asteroids]] was nominated for deletion at [[WP:AFD]] by [[user:Cerejota]] as ''listcruft'': [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of asteroids]]. [[User:132.205.44.5|132.205.44.5]] 21:45, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

==Callisto==
I requested [[Wikipedia:Peer_review/Callisto_(moon)|peer review]] of [[Callisto (moon)|Callisto]] (moon of Jupiter). Any comments are appreciated. [[User:Ruslik0|Ruslik]] 16:53, 20 July 2007 (UTC)

==AfD on Comets in popular culture==
[[Comets in popular culture]] has been [[WP:AFD|nominated for deletion]] by [[user:Eyrian]] at 19:21, 26 July 2007 (UTC). The discussion is at [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Comets in popular culture]]. [[User:132.205.44.5|132.205.44.5]] 22:25, 26 July 2007 (UTC)

==Saturn FAC==
I have nominated the article [[Saturn]], on which I have been working for a couple of weeks now, for FAC. Please come and support it [[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Saturn|here]]. Thank you. <span style="font-size:120%;color:#228B22">[[User:Universe=atom|<span style="font-size:120%;color:#228B22">'''''Universe=atom'''''</span>]]</span><small><sup>[[User Talk:Universe=atom|Talk]]•[[Special:Contributions/Universe=atom|Contributions]]</sup></small> 16:37, 27 July 2007 (UTC)

== Solar nebula → Nebular hypothesis ==
Serendipodous suggests that [[Solar nebula]] be renamed [[Nebular hypothesis]]. [[User:70.51.8.214|70.51.8.214]] 07:16, 30 July 2007 (UTC)

== Congratulations! ==
Congratulations! I have gotten the article [[Saturn]] to Featured Status, as seen [[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Saturn|here]]. A great boost to this project. <span style="font-size:100%;color:#228B22">[[User:Universe=atom|<span style="font-size:100%;color:#228B22">'''''Universe=atom'''''</span>]]</span><small><sup>[[User Talk:Universe=atom|Talk]]•[[Special:Contributions/Universe=atom|Contributions]]</sup></small> 09:56, 3 August 2007 (UTC)

== [[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Geology of solar terrestrial planets]] ==
i created this page on 4th August 2007, and now i have nominated the page for FAC. please leave your comments at [[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Geology of solar terrestrial planets]]. If any thing needs to be worked out then do tell me before hand. thanks, [[User:Sushant gupta|Sushant gupta]] 12:41, 8 August 2007 (UTC)

== [[WP:AFD]] on [[Speculation that Iapetus is artificial]] ==
[[Speculation that Iapetus is artificial]] has been nominated for deletion at [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Speculation that Iapetus is artificial]] by [[User:Radiant!]]. [[User:132.205.44.5|132.205.44.5]] 22:00, 8 August 2007 (UTC)

== [[WP:CFD]] on [[:Category:People with craters of the Moon named after them]] ==
[[User:RobertG]] has nominated [[:Category:People with craters of the Moon named after them]] for conversion into the list [[List of people with craters of the Moon named after them]]. [[User:132.205.44.5|132.205.44.5]] 23:34, 9 August 2007 (UTC)

==[[Uranus (planet)|Uranus]]==
This article is currently a FA candidate. Please, participate. Comments can be left [[Wikipedia:Featured_article_candidates/Uranus|here]].[[User:Ruslik0|Ruslik]] 13:17, 13 September 2007 (UTC)

==[[Ceres (dwarf planet)]]==
[[User:Nergaal]] has nominated [[Ceres (dwarf planet)]] for featured status. Please comment [[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Ceres (dwarf planet)|here]].<b>[[User:Serendipodous|<span style="color:#0000bb;">Serendi</span>]]<sup style="color:#bb0000;">pod</sup>[[User talk: Serendipodous|<span style="color:#0000bb;">ous</span>]]</b> 14:30, 13 September 2007 (UTC)

== 2006 definition of planet ==
[[2006 definition of planet]] has an ongoing renaming debate on the talk page, and several non-consensus renames over the weekend. [[User:132.205.44.5|132.205.44.5]] 00:22, 18 September 2007 (UTC)

==Kuiper belt, Scattered disc, Pluto, Eris==
On the oft-chance that someone actually reads this (this is the page we're supposed to discuss these things after all), we need to come to some kind of agreement about the definition of Kuiper belt vs. Scattered disc. If we assume that the scattered disc is separate from the kuiper belt, then scattered disc should keep its own article. If we decide to refer to Eris as the largest object in the Kuiper belt, then Scattered disc article should be merged with the Kuiper belt article. Since there is no agreed scientific definition of this, we need to find some way to clear up the confusion. <b>[[User:Serendipodous|<span style="color:#0000bb;">Serendi</span>]]<sup style="color:#bb0000;">pod</sup>[[User talk: Serendipodous|<span style="color:#0000bb;">ous</span>]]</b> 09:52, 4 October 2007 (UTC)

==[[Callisto (moon)|Callisto]]==
I nominated [[Callisto (moon)|Callisto]] to FAC. You can leave your comments [[Wikipedia:Featured_article_candidates/Callisto (moon)|here]]. [[User:Ruslik0|Ruslik]] 12:14, 4 October 2007 (UTC)

==Asteroid bot==
Hi! Eagle 101 and I and created a bot that would create articles on every asteroid we don't have articles on. Please provide your support or objection to the proposal [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Astronomical_objects here]. [[User:Daniel Bush|Daniel Bush]] 17:03, 9 October 2007 (UTC)

==New templates==
I've created footers for all of the planets (and one of the dwarf planets).  Feel free to revise or suggest any changes. [[User:Remember|Remember]] 22:26, 19 October 2007 (UTC)
{{Pluto}}
{{Neptune}}
{{Uranus}}
{{Saturn}}
{{Jupiter}}
{{Mars}}
{{Venus}}
{{Mercury (planet)}}
:Nice job, though (and I'm sure you already realise this) the footers are going to have to have Eris and Ceres versions as well. <b>[[User:Serendipodous|<span style="color:#0000bb;">Serendi</span>]]<sup style="color:#bb0000;">pod</sup>[[User talk: Serendipodous|<span style="color:#0000bb;">ous</span>]]</b> 06:59, 20 October 2007 (UTC)
::Yeah I was planning on adding those too. [[User:Remember|Remember]] 16:44, 20 October 2007 (UTC)
:::And Done (thought they could probably still use a little work). [[User:Remember|Remember]] 17:30, 23 October 2007 (UTC)
{{Eris}}
{{Ceres}}
:Shouldn't Eris and Ceres have distinct colours? [[User:132.205.44.5|132.205.44.5]] 01:51, 13 November 2007 (UTC)
::I've adjusted Eris' colour. [[User:132.205.44.5|132.205.44.5]] 03:11, 14 November 2007 (UTC)
:::Eris and Ceres now no longer look like the Sun and the Moon in colour of their templates. [[User:132.205.44.5|132.205.44.5]] 04:03, 15 November 2007 (UTC)
:How about an {{tl|Earth Footer}}? and perhaps a redirect from {{tl|The Moon}} to [[template:The Moon]], and {{tl|Sun Footer}} to [[template:The Sun]]? (one more planet, and two former planets) [[User:132.205.44.5|132.205.44.5]] 01:56, 13 November 2007 (UTC)
{{The Moon}}
{{The Sun}}

== When I was your age, Pluto was a Planet at AfD ==
[[When I was your age, Pluto was a Planet]] has been sent for [[WP:AfD|deletion]], see [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/When I was your age, Pluto was a Planet]]. [[User:132.205.99.122|132.205.99.122]] 20:46, 12 November 2007 (UTC)

==MESUR==
[[MESUR]] ([[Mars Environmental Survey]]) program seems to be missing. [[User:132.205.99.122|132.205.99.122]] 22:01, 15 November 2007 (UTC)

==[[Dwarf planet]]==
The article has been nominated for [[Wikipedia:Article Collaboration and Improvement Drive]].[[User:Nergaal|Nergaal]] ([[User talk:Nergaal|talk]]) 20:17, 20 November 2007 (UTC)

==Surface features of celestial bodies==
categories of ''Surface features of celestial bodies'' has been nominated to rename from ''cat:X on Y'' to ''cat:X of Y''. See [[Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2007 December 9#Surface features of celestial bodies]] [[Special:Contributions/132.205.99.122|132.205.99.122]] ([[User talk:132.205.99.122|talk]]) 20:18, 10 December 2007 (UTC)

==Venus FAR==
[[Venus]] has been nominated for a [[Wikipedia:Featured_article_review|featured article review]]. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. Please leave your comments and help us to return the article to [[Wikipedia:What is a featured article?|featured quality]]. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, articles are moved onto the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Remove" the article from featured status. The instructions for the review process are [[Wikipedia:Featured_article_review|here]]. Reviewers' concerns are [[Wikipedia:Featured_article_review/{{#if:{{{2|}}}|{{{2}}}|Venus}}|here]].
<b>[[User:Serendipodous|<span style="color:#0000bb;">Serendi</span>]]<sup style="color:#bb0000;">pod</sup>[[User talk: Serendipodous|<span style="color:#0000bb;">ous</span>]]</b> 15:52, 18 December 2007 (UTC)

== List of asteroids/1–100 at AfD ==
[[List of asteroids/1–100]] has been nominated for deletion .[[Special:Contributions/132.205.44.5|132.205.44.5]] ([[User talk:132.205.44.5|talk]]) 23:08, 20 December 2007 (UTC)

== List of asteroids/7201–7300 at AFD ==
[[List of asteroids/7201–7300]] is up for deletion at [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of asteroids/7201–7300]] because it is ''a directory'' (see [[WP:NOT]]). [[Special:Contributions/132.205.44.5|132.205.44.5]] ([[User talk:132.205.44.5|talk]]) 22:42, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

==[[Triton (moon)]]==
A peer review has been requested for this article. If you wish to contribute, please do. <b>[[User:Serendipodous|<span style="color:#0000bb;">Serendi</span>]]<sup style="color:#bb0000;">pod</sup>[[User talk: Serendipodous|<span style="color:#0000bb;">ous</span>]]</b> 21:33, 31 January 2008 (UTC)

== [[Ganymede (moon)|Ganymede]] ==
The article has been nominated for [[Wikipedia:Peer_review/Ganymede_%28moon%29|peer review]]. Please, participate. [[User:Ruslik0|Ruslik]] ([[User talk:Ruslik0|talk]]) 19:10, 31 January 2008 (UTC)

==FAC:[[Dwarf planet]]==
Since this article falls under this project, for those interested you can leave some comments about the FAC [[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Dwarf planet|here]]. [[User:Nergaal|Nergaal]] ([[User talk:Nergaal|talk]]) 08:41, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

==Astronomy Cast==
These excellent podcasts have conducted an in-depth survey of the Solar System. They are informative and also link to a number of authoritative sites. They might make good external links:
:[http://www.astronomycast.com/astronomy/episode-30-the-sun-spots-and-all/ The Sun]
:[http://www.astronomycast.com/astronomy/episode-49-mercury/ Mercury]
:[http://www.astronomycast.com/astronomy/episode-50-venus/ Venus]
:[http://www.astronomycast.com/astronomy/episode-51-earth/ Earth]
:[http://www.astronomycast.com/astronomy/episode-29-asteroids-make-bad-neighbors/ Near Earth asteroids]
:[http://www.astronomycast.com/astronomy/meteor-showers-yes-the-sky-is-falling/ Meteorites]
:[http://www.astronomycast.com/astronomy/episode-17-where-does-the-moon-come-from/ The Moon]
:[http://www.astronomycast.com/astronomy/episode-52-mars/ Mars]
:[http://www.astronomycast.com/astronomy/episode-55-the-asteroid-belt/ Asteroid belt]
:[http://www.astronomycast.com/astronomy/episode-56-jupiter/ Jupiter]
:[http://www.astronomycast.com/astronomy/episode-57-jupiters-moons/ Jupiter's moons]
:[http://www.astronomycast.com/astronomy/episode-59-saturn/ Saturn]
:[http://www.astronomycast.com/astronomy/episode-61-saturns-moons/ Saturn's moons]
:[http://www.astronomycast.com/astronomy/episode-62-uranus/ Uranus]
:[http://www.astronomycast.com/astronomy/episode-63-neptune/ Neptune]
:[http://www.astronomycast.com/astronomy/episode-64-pluto-and-the-icy-outer-solar-system/ Pluto, the Kuiper belt and the Oort cloud]
:[http://www.astronomycast.com/astronomy/episode-19-comets-our-icy-friends-from-the-outer-solar-system/ Comets]
:[http://www.astronomycast.com/astronomy/episode-65-the-end-of-our-tour-through-the-solar-system/ Heliopause]
<b>[[User:Serendipodous|<span style="color:#0000bb;">Serendi</span>]][[Special:Contributions/Serendipodous|<sup style="color:#bb0000;">pod</sup>]][[User talk: Serendipodous|<span style="color:#0000bb;">ous</span>]]</b> 11:26, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

== Category:Binary asteroids up for renaming to Category:Asteroids with moons ==
[[:Category:Binary asteroids]] is up for renaming at [[WP:CFD]]. Note that there also exists [[:Category:Asteroid satellites]] [[Special:Contributions/132.205.44.5|132.205.44.5]] ([[User talk:132.205.44.5|talk]]) 22:42, 15 February 2008 (UTC)

== [[Ganymede (moon)|Ganymede]]'s FA ==
The article is now [[Wikipedia:Featured_article_candidates/Ganymede (moon)|FA candidate]]. Please, participate. [[User:Ruslik0|Ruslik]] ([[User talk:Ruslik0|talk]]) 14:15, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

== TfD on Template:Moons of Neptune ==
[[Template:Moons of Neptune]] has been nominated for deletion, because of redundancy with [[Template:Neptune]]. [[Special:Contributions/132.205.44.5|132.205.44.5]] ([[User talk:132.205.44.5|talk]]) 20:38, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

==Notability of named asteroids==
[[User:Naerii|Naerii]] has asked for the red links on the following pages to be filled in with relevant information.  I have created several of these stubs, but recently someone has asked me about the notability of these rocks.  And, before continuing creating these stubs, I would like know whether or not these are notable and whether or not they should have articles.  The lists of pages is as follows:
* [[List of named asteroids (A-C)]]
* [[List of named asteroids (D-E)]]
* [[List of named asteroids (F-H)]]
* [[List of named asteroids (I-K)]]
* [[List of named asteroids (L-N)]]
* [[List of named asteroids (O-R)]]
* [[List of named asteroids (S-V)]]
* [[List of named asteroids (W-Z)]]
Thanks for your time.  -- [[User:Cobi|Cobi]]<sup>([[User talk:Cobi|t]]|[[Special:Contributions/Cobi|c]]|[[User:ClueBot Commons/Bots|b]])</sup> 07:54, 8 March 2008 (UTC)
:Considering that plenty of those articles which already exist are of equal notabilty ([[9403 Sanduleak|some]] [[557 Violetta|examples]]) it seems to me that either all should exist, or a selected few of high 'notability'. It seems odd to apply the concept of notability to asteroids, btw. Anyway, I found the list on [[User:Messedrocker/goldmine]] originally and never questioned whether or not they should be created - my bad? I was just doing as I was told :( But imo there's no reason for these articles not to exist, one asteroid is usually as notable as another and I don't see how minor planets etc can ''not'' be notable. It's not like they're garage bands or something. Idk. Input would be interesting though. You might want to post this on [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Astronomical objects]] as they appear to have more members.  -- [[User talk:Naerii|<span style="color: hotpink; font-family: verdana;">'''Naerii'''</span>]] · [[User:Naerii#Bored?|<span style="color: purple; font-family: verdana;">'''plz create stuff'''</span>]] 18:20, 8 March 2008 (UTC)
:Also, see [[Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/List_of_asteroids/1%E2%80%93100]] where people unanimously agreed that named asteroids were inherently notable (just three months ago). -- [[User talk:Naerii|<span style="color: hotpink; font-family: verdana;">'''Naerii'''</span>]] · [[User:Naerii#Bored?|<span style="color: purple; font-family: verdana;">'''plz create stuff'''</span>]] 18:23, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

==FA push of Oort Cloud==
Hey everybody, serenptious and I are about to start a FA push in Oort Cloud. any help is truly appreciated. [[User:Samuel Sol|Samuel Sol]] ([[User talk:Samuel Sol|talk]]) 14:59, 14 March 2008 (UTC)
Just wanted to notify you all that Serendipodous has nominated this article for FA (see [[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Oort cloud|nomination.]]).  Good luck to all who contributed. '''[[User:Meldshal42|<span style="color:green;">Meldshal42</span>]]'''[[User_talk:Meldshal42|<sub style="color:blue;">Comments and Suggestions</sub>]][[Special:Contributions/Meldshal42|<sup style="color:red;">My Contributions</sup>]] 19:23, 1 April 2008 (UTC)

<s>=== Change of heart- New FA Push will begin on [[scattered disc]] ===
Hello.  Just wanted to notify that Serendipodous, Samuel Sol, (and the little-known ''me'') have decided to change our main view for FA push.  The oort cloud is a tough subject because most of the data is only from indirect research.  So, we will presently be moving our focus to [[scattered disc]].  Thank you, and if you have any questions regarding this change of heart, please feel free to contact me by simply clicking on the "Comments and Suggestions" link in my signature.  I will get back to you A.S.A.P.
Thanks, '''[[User:Meldshal42|<span style="color:green;">Meldshal42</span>]]'''[[User_talk:Meldshal42|<sub style="color:blue;">Comments and Suggestions</sub>]][[Special:Contributions/Meldshal42|<sup style="color:red;">My Contributions</sup>]] 19:30, 26 March 2008 (UTC)</s>

==Neptune==
Congratulations to all who contributed to this new FA!  The hard work shows all over this article.  Great job, and hopefully [[Oort Cloud]] will be our next FA!  Congrats!  '''[[User:Meldshal42|<span style="color:green;">Meldshal42</span>]]'''[[User_talk:Meldshal42|<sub style="color:blue;">Comments and Suggestions</sub>]][[Special:Contributions/Meldshal42|<sup style="color:red;">My Contributions</sup>]] 19:47, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

== [[List of moons]] ==
I'm slowly bringing [[List of moons]] up to Featured List quality. Any help, and/or suggestions, would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. [[User:Mike Peel|Mike Peel]] ([[User talk:Mike Peel|talk]]) 23:13, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

== [[The Big Bang]] ==
I was just wondering, should we add the [[Big Bang]] to our perspective?  It is already an FA, so there wouldn't be that much worth in it.  However, having yet another FA could be beneficial. '''[[User:Meldshal42|<span style="color:green;">Meldshal42</span>]]'''[[User_talk:Meldshal42|<sub style="color:blue;">Comments and Suggestions</sub>]][[Special:Contributions/Meldshal42|<sup style="color:red;">My Contributions</sup>]] 21:44, 24 March 2008 (UTC)
:We're just the Solar System here. That's not really our address. <b>[[User:Serendipodous|<span style="color:#0000bb;">Serendi</span>]][[Special:Contributions/Serendipodous|<sup style="color:#bb0000;">pod</sup>]][[User talk: Serendipodous|<span style="color:#0000bb;">ous</span>]]</b> 22:06, 24 March 2008 (UTC)
: Alright.  I wasn't planning on adding it.  '''[[User:Meldshal42|<span style="color:green;">Meldshal42</span>]]'''[[User_talk:Meldshal42|<sub style="color:blue;">Comments and Suggestions</sub>]][[Special:Contributions/Meldshal42|<sup style="color:red;">My Contributions</sup>]] 23:56, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

== [[Nebular hypothesis]] ==
The article has been nominated for [[Wikipedia:Peer_review/Nebular_hypothesis/archive1|peer review]]. Please, participate. [[User:Ruslik0|Ruslik]] ([[User talk:Ruslik0|talk]]) 09:15, 31 March 2008 (UTC)

==Mercury Featured Article Review==
[[Mercury (planet)]] has been nominated for a [[Wikipedia:Featured_article_review|featured article review]]. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. Please leave your comments and help us to return the article to [[Wikipedia:What is a featured article?|featured quality]]. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, articles are moved onto the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Remove" the article from featured status. The instructions for the review process are [[Wikipedia:Featured_article_review|here]]. Reviewers' concerns are [[Wikipedia:Featured_article_review/{{#if:|{{{2}}}|Mercury (planet)}}|here]]. [[User:Kaldari|Kaldari]] ([[User talk:Kaldari|talk]]) 21:31, 14 April 2008 (UTC)
:Mercury is now a Featured Article Removal Candidate and looks destined to lose it's featured article status unless significant work is done on it. [[User:Kaldari|Kaldari]] ([[User talk:Kaldari|talk]]) 16:12, 8 May 2008 (UTC)

== [[Nebular hypothesis]] ==
I have nominated this article to [[Wikipedia:Featured_article_candidates/Nebular_hypothesis|featured article]]. [[User:Ruslik0|Ruslik]] ([[User talk:Ruslik0|talk]]) 10:08, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

== List of Mercury-crossing asteroids was prodded then unprodded ==
[[List of Mercury-crossing asteroids]] was prodded by [[user:Jeepday]] after an exact-phrase search did not turn up "Mercury-crossing asteroid". Cited WP:OR, WP:N, and WP:V. It was then deprodded by [[user:Phil Bridger]] because an exact-phrase search was unreasonable way to search for the topic. [[Special:Contributions/70.55.88.176|70.55.88.176]] ([[User talk:70.55.88.176|talk]]) 09:12, 12 May 2008 (UTC)

== [[International Year of Astronomy]] 2009 ==
2009 has been proclaimed as the [[International Year of Astronomy]]. It would be great to tie in with this, both to help with the aims of the international year and to spur extra improvements to Wikipedia's coverage of astronomy. I've started a thread about this over at [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Astronomy#International Year of Astronomy 2009|WikiProject Astronomy]]; please have a look and join in with the conversation. Thanks. [[User:Mike Peel|Mike Peel]] ([[User talk:Mike Peel|talk]]) 20:41, 24 May 2008 (UTC)

==Pluto → Pluto (dwarf planet)==
[[User:Electrical Experiment]] is proposing to rename the former planet, [[Pluto]] to [[Pluto (dwarf planet)]]. [[Special:Contributions/70.51.9.216|70.51.9.216]] ([[User talk:70.51.9.216|talk]]) 08:53, 25 May 2008 (UTC)

==[[Rings of Uranus]]==
I submitted this article for a peer review. You can comment [[Wikipedia:Peer_review/Rings_of_Uranus/archive1|here]]. [[User:Ruslik0|Ruslik]] ([[User talk:Ruslik0|talk]]) 08:47, 26 May 2008 (UTC)

==Regions of Titan==
Please create an article called Regions of Titan TO PUT Xanadu Shangri-La Adiri etc. It is just an Idea  <small>—Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[Special:Contributions/200.82.137.6|200.82.137.6]] ([[User talk:200.82.137.6|talk]]) 21:39, 1 June 2008 (UTC)</small><!-- Template:UnsignedIP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->

== Asteroid stub-berg ==
There are over 10,000 {{cl|asteroid stubs}} kicking around now (and more in its largest subcategory), thanks to the "work" of the bot mentioned on this page a couple of months ago.  The majority of these articles seem to contain extremely minimal information, making my wonder as to their actual utility, or indeed improvability.  Certainly, there seems to be too little information to usefully split them up into further stub types, to try to make this more manageable, and to helpfully stop the more salvageable articles from being swamped by this stuff.  Anyone have any ideas?  [[User:Alai|Alai]] ([[User talk:Alai|talk]]) 16:39, 8 June 2008 (UTC)
See: [[Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Astronomical_objects#Asteroid_articles]] -- [[User:Kheider|Kheider]] ([[User talk:Kheider|talk]]) 17:16, 8 June 2008 (UTC)
:Thanks.  I'd tried to start discussion there earlier, without detectable success, so I'd begun to suspect it wasn't the right venue, and had missed this later one.  [[User:Alai|Alai]] ([[User talk:Alai|talk]]) 18:37, 8 June 2008 (UTC)

== [[Pluto prototype]] → [[Plutoid]] ==
The IAU has decided on the name for this category of objects. Here's the [http://www.iau.org/public_press/news/release/iau0804/ press release]. -- [[User:Cyrius|Cyrius]]|[[User talk:Cyrius|&#9998;]] 15:47, 11 June 2008 (UTC)

==Impact basin==
Is there a source for a definition of [[Impact basin]], specifically how a basin's size is measured? I recently changed [[Hellas Planitia]] in an attempt to reconcile the difference between the cite from Brittanica (7000 km) and the cite from NASA (2100 km). Quite a difference but they appear to be talking of different things.
Among planetary scientists does basin include the rim, the ejecta blanket and concentric topographic rings further out? What do they mean by "floor" and "rim"?
After my edits the Hellas Planitia article has "extends about 2300 km east to west" to which I added an inline ref of "The part below zero datum". That's my original research by looking a NASA profile. [http://rst.gsfc.nasa.gov/Sect19/Sect19_12.html This NASA source] has "about 2100". 2300 is from a 1990 book.
I also added "and its debris field could be interpereted as extending about 7000 km across" to try to reconcile it with the earlier 7000 km Brittanica cite. Again I looked at the NASA profile and guessed the outer extent of the debris (a very wild guess).
Here are quotes from some craters listed in [[Impact basin#Largest named craters in the Solar System]] (the number is the given rank):
* 1. [[South Pole-Aitken basin]] "2500 kilometers in diameter and 13 kilometers deep"
* 2. [[Hellas Planitia]] "2100", "2300", "7000"
* 3. [[Skinakas Basin]] "2300 km", "double-ringed structure, with the inner ring having a diameter of around 1600 km"
* 8. [[Argyre Planitia]] "approximately 1120 miles (1800 kilometers) wide, believed to be the second-largest impact basin on Mars after Hellas Planitia"
* 12. [[Valhalla (crater)]] "central region 600 km across, an inner ridge and through zone and striking concentric rings extending to a diameter of approximately 3,800 km"
Missing from that list is:
* [[Chryse Planitia]] "1600 km in diameter and with a floor 2.5 km below the average planetary surface altitude"
Advice requested, (maybe cleanup of my edits!) -[[User:84user|84user]] ([[User talk:84user|talk]]) 19:20, 12 June 2008 (UTC)

== Scattered disc-FA preparation restarted ==
After havng both [[formation and evolution of the solar system]] and [[oort cloud]] pass FAC, i am proud to announce the newest "project" for WP:SS.<small>Note:Not everyone has to do this.</small>The newest project will be [[scattered disc]] ( as said in the title).  Thanks, and let's get to work! ~~[[User:Meldshal42|<span style="color: green;">'''Meldshal42'''</span>]] [[User_talk:Meldshal42|<span style="color: green;">(talk)</span>]] 01:36, 19 June 2008 (UTC)

== Possible GA nomination of [[Charon (moon)]] ==
I think that after that [[scattered disc]] passes FAC, i would like to work towards Charon achieveing GA.   Just an idea. ~~[[User:Meldshal42|<span style="color: green;">'''Meldshal42'''</span>]] [[User_talk:Meldshal42|<span style="color: green;">(talk)</span>]] 16:15, 22 June 2008 (UTC)

== Star-Featured topic candidate? ==
Should [[star]] be added to the list of FAs in our solar system topic? --[[User:Meldshal42|<span style="color: green;">'''Meldshal42'''</span>]] [[User_talk:Meldshal42|<span>(talk)</span>]] 13:53, 26 June 2008 (UTC)
:No, because our Solar System only has one star in it. [[Star]] is more general, like [[Planet]]. I could see it become the main article of its own featured topic, with all the other star-related articles listed below it. <b>[[User:Serendipodous|<span style="color:#0000bb;">Serendi</span>]][[Special:Contributions/Serendipodous|<sup style="color:#bb0000;">pod</sup>]][[User talk: Serendipodous|<span style="color:#0000bb;">ous</span>]]</b> 13:55, 26 June 2008 (UTC)

==FAR: Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9==
[[Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9]] has been nominated for a [[Wikipedia:Featured_article_review|featured article review]]. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. Please leave your comments and help us to return the article to [[Wikipedia:What is a featured article?|featured quality]]. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, articles are moved onto the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Remove" the article from featured status. The instructions for the review process are [[Wikipedia:Featured_article_review|here]]. Reviewers' concerns are [[Wikipedia:Featured_article_review/{{#if:|{{{2}}}|Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9}}|here]]. --[[User:Eleassar|'''Eleassar''']] <sup>[[User talk:Eleassar|my talk]]</sup> 06:14, 30 June 2008 (UTC)

==Sidereal rotation periods==
Some of the planets have different formats for the sidereal rotation periods.  E.g. [[Earth]] has "23<sup>h</sup> 56<sup>m</sup> 04.09054<sup>s</sup>", [[Mercury (planet)|Mercury]] has "58 d 15.5 h", and [[Mars]] simply has "24.62296 h", should these not all be formatted the same for consistency?<br />
&ndash; [[User:Kelmar|Kelmar]] ([[User talk:Kelmar|talk]]) 17:47, 4 July 2008 (UTC)

==Changes to the WP:1.0 assessment scheme==
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== Auto-inclusion of WikiProject Solar System by WPSpace banner ==
Previously the {{tl|WPSpace}} banner, which could be used to mark an article as being within scope for multiple space-related wikiprojects, would automatically include WikiProject Solar System if either WikiProject Moon or WikiProject Mars was included. But a string of edits was made indicating various Mars- and Moon-related articles were not within scope fir WikiProject Solar System. FYI the bahavior of {{tl|WPSpace}} in this regard has now been changed, and is now ''not'' to do any autoinclusion of WikiProject Solar System. Of course the features of the WPSpace banner can still be explicitly used to add WikiProject Solar System to the list of space-related wikiprojects. It just isn't automatically done for Mars and Moon articles. ([[User:Sdsds|sdsds]] - ''[[User talk:Sdsds|talk]]'') 01:25, 7 July 2008 (UTC)

==Update of the article [[Dwarf planet]]==
Hi, I was planning to put the article up for nomination on the Today's Featured Article on August 15 - in relation with the 2006 definition. Yet I just noticed that there is at least 1 more accepted member. Can someone help me fill in the gaps of the article? Thanks, [[User:Nergaal|Nergaal]] ([[User talk:Nergaal|talk]]) 21:01, 13 July 2008 (UTC)

== [[Scattered disc]] requires the input of a domain expert ==
...[[Scattered disc]] requires the input of a domain expert. Thanks [[User:Ling.Nut|Ling]].[[User talk:Ling.Nut|Nut]] <sup>[[User:Ling.Nut/3IAR|(WP:3IAR)]]</sup> 05:54, 14 July 2008 (UTC)

==Importance rating of Solar System articles==
I want to added importance rating to {{tl|WPSS}} (and {{tl|WPSpace}}) template. I propose to use '''Top''', '''High''' and '''Low''' ratings. If you disagree, please, post your comments here. [[User:Ruslik0|Ruslik]] ([[User talk:Ruslik0|talk]]) 13:35, 15 July 2008 (UTC)
: I will implement the change. [[User:Ruslik0|Ruslik]] ([[User talk:Ruslik0|talk]]) 09:14, 17 July 2008 (UTC)
Ruslik, I have noticed that you are the one making most of these changes to the minor planets.  I say you have been doing very well.  I trust your judgment. Go for it. :-) -- [[User:Kheider|Kheider]] ([[User talk:Kheider|talk]]) 12:58, 17 July 2008 (UTC)

== [[WP:WikiProject Featured articles/FA-Team/Mission 5|FA-Team Mission 5: Solar solicitude/solidarity]] ==
The FA-Team wants to help [[Scattered disc]] reach FA status, but needs input from subject experts (as Ling.Nut indicated above). Any editors here who would like to help, please sign up on the mission page. For something a little different, but loosely related, help with [[Solar energy]] would also be appreciated. ''[[User talk:Geometry guy|Geometry guy]]'' 15:58, 26 July 2008 (UTC)

== Good Article reassessment for [[2 Pallas]] ==
As part of the Good Article sweeps conducted by [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Good articles/Project quality task force]], I have completed a reassessment of [[2 Pallas]] and placed the reassessment on hold for one week to allow some minor things to be fixed. I would appreciate it if editors from this project could visit the reassessment, which can be found [[Talk:2 Pallas/GA1|here]]. Please contact me with any concerns or questions. Thank you, [[User:GaryColemanFan|GaryColemanFan]] ([[User talk:GaryColemanFan|talk]]) 19:38, 16 August 2008 (UTC)
:The only remaining issue is finding a citation for Pallas' axial tilt. If anyone knows where to find a source for this, it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, [[User:GaryColemanFan|GaryColemanFan]] ([[User talk:GaryColemanFan|talk]]) 01:22, 17 August 2008 (UTC)

== Sortable table of objects in the Solar System ==
Following a (years old) suggestion in [[Talk:List_of_Solar_System_objects|here]], I began to [[User:Cyclopia/Wikitable of natural objects orbiting the Sun|draft a sortable table]] of solar system's objects. I personally think it would be nice and useful, and it could perhaps avoid the current multiple lists of objects with different order criteria. As you can see now it is just a primordial sketch: I present it here so that we can discuss about 1)if it is worthy and if yes 2)what parameters, units of measure etc. would be best to include 3)everything else related. Let me know! --[[User:Cyclopia|Cyclopia]] ([[User talk:Cyclopia|talk]]) 18:46, 22 August 2008 (UTC)

Also I noticed the following pages that could be interesting to unify in a single, sortable table:
[[List of planetary bodies]]
[[Table of the largest objects in the Solar System]]
Any idea on if and how to unify them? --[[User:Cyclopia|Cyclopia]] ([[User talk:Cyclopia|talk]]) 18:26, 23 August 2008 (UTC)
:I agree. Those two should be merged. But it will take a long time. I'm still working on a previous merge for Table of the largest objects in the Solar System. The main difference is pictures. If we can put pictures into the largest objects table, there wouldn't be much need for the planetary bodies article. <b>[[User:Serendipodous|<span style="color:#0000bb;">Serendi</span>]][[Special:Contributions/Serendipodous|<sup style="color:#bb0000;">pod</sup>]][[User talk: Serendipodous|<span style="color:#0000bb;">ous</span>]]</b> 18:28, 23 August 2008 (UTC)
::That's why '''sortable''' is the key word here, in my opinion. Having a sortable table featuring most Solar System objects would not need to have a separate table for the largest (largest with which cutoff, by the way? by which measure?) -you can just sort by mass, or diameter, and look at them. You automatically have also tables for the most dense, most eccentric, most inclinated etc. objects, automagically. I'd like to know what do you think of the [[User:Cyclopia/Wikitable of natural objects orbiting the Sun|sketch I've linked above]]. If you think it's worth, I can continue to do it, including at least all planets, dwarf planets and relevant minor planets, and when it begins to be next to readiness put it on WP namespace. However I'd like people to comment it before (using Earth's area/mass/gravity is ok? temperature is best in °C or K?). As for the images, it would be a cool, but subsequent addition, I think. --[[User:Cyclopia|Cyclopia]] ([[User talk:Cyclopia|talk]]) 19:58, 23 August 2008 (UTC)
:::Looks pretty good, and looks like it would mesh pretty well with the table I'm working on. BTW, the cutoff for the largest satellites/SSSBs in the largest objects table is simply the top ten.  What it is in the planetary objects table I have no idea. <b>[[User:Serendipodous|<span style="color:#0000bb;">Serendi</span>]][[Special:Contributions/Serendipodous|<sup style="color:#bb0000;">pod</sup>]][[User talk: Serendipodous|<span style="color:#0000bb;">ous</span>]]</b> 20:00, 23 August 2008 (UTC)
::::Thanks, I'll go ahead as to including at least planets now. Can you provide a link on your work-in-progress table, so that I can understand better how is it done and if they can be merged in a single thing on which to work together? --[[User:Cyclopia|Cyclopia]] ([[User talk:Cyclopia|talk]]) 20:09, 23 August 2008 (UTC)
:::::All I'm really doing is using the "Planets" section of the Largest objects table as a template for the SSSBs. Still, [[User:Serendipodous/Sandbox#Largest small Solar System bodies|here's a link]] (keep in mind; half of it is still planets- I haven't finished overwriting the numbers yet). <b>[[User:Serendipodous|<span style="color:#0000bb;">Serendi</span>]][[Special:Contributions/Serendipodous|<sup style="color:#bb0000;">pod</sup>]][[User talk: Serendipodous|<span style="color:#0000bb;">ous</span>]]</b> 20:22, 23 August 2008 (UTC)
::::::Looks very similar. In my case, I need to have switched axes (don't think sortable works on rows) and I don't like to divide them by category, I'd prefer to keep them all together and having the denomination planet/dwarf planet/minor planet as an additional column (also because it's not necessarily the biggest the most important: I found myself sketching that table because I wanted an answer to the question: what's the known natural object with the farthest aphelion? And the smallest perihelion? Etc.). I'll go ahead with my little table anyway, and in the meantime I hope to gather more opinions. --[[User:Cyclopia|Cyclopia]] ([[User talk:Cyclopia|talk]]) 20:29, 23 August 2008 (UTC)

== Wikipedia 0.7 articles have been selected for Solar System ==
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== Peer review for [[Volcanism on Io]] ==
Greetings! After a small bit of cleanup, I've [[Wikipedia:Peer review/Volcanism on Io/archive1‎|requested a peer review]] of [[Volcanism on Io]]. If anyone wants to pitch in, please leave a review, or go ahead and make some improvements. Cheers! <span style="white-space:nowrap">— [[User:Huntster|Huntster]] <small>([[User talk:Huntster|t]] • [[Special:Emailuser/Huntster|@]] • [[Special:Contributions/Huntster|c]])</small></span> 08:45, 16 September 2008 (UTC)
:[[Volcanism on Io]], has been submitted to [[WP:FAC|Featured Article Candidacy]].  Please look over the article, and submit a comment or vote.  Thank you, [[User:Volcanopele|Volcanopele]] ([[User talk:Volcanopele|talk]]) 05:20, 12 October 2008 (UTC)

==[[Template:MinorPlanets Navigator]]==
{{tl|MinorPlanets Navigator}} is up for deletion at [[WP:TFD]] [[Special:Contributions/70.51.8.158|70.51.8.158]] ([[User talk:70.51.8.158|talk]]) 08:48, 18 September 2008 (UTC)

==2006 definition of planet==
[[2006 definition of planet]] has been nominated for renaming [[Special:Contributions/70.55.203.112|70.55.203.112]] ([[User talk:70.55.203.112|talk]]) 04:37, 30 September 2008 (UTC)

== Project coordinator ==
I appointed myself a project coordinator sometime ago. Does anybody have any objections? [[User:Ruslik0|Ruslik]] ([[User talk:Ruslik0|talk]]) 13:22, 7 October 2008 (UTC)
: I object. You didn't bribe anyone. More specifically, you didn't bribe me. I take checks. ;-) [[User:Ling.Nut|Ling.Nut]] <sup>([[User talk:Ling.Nut|talk]]&mdash;[[User:Ling.Nut/3IAR|WP:3IAR]])</sup> 14:18, 7 October 2008 (UTC)

==Asteroid renames==
The following two moves have been requested at [[WP:RM]] ; See [[Talk:List_of_asteroids#Requested_move]]
* [[List of asteroids]] → List of minor planets
* [[Meanings of asteroid names]] → Meanings of minor-planet names
[[Special:Contributions/70.51.10.188|70.51.10.188]] ([[User talk:70.51.10.188|talk]]) 04:54, 9 October 2008 (UTC)

== mesoplanet ==
A mesoplanet is an object in our Solar System that is larger than Ceres, but smaller than the planet Mercury. The largest mesoplanets are Triton, Pluto, Eris, and most of the remaining dwarf planets, along with smaller bodies such as Sedna, Quaoar, Orcus, and many other objects. ````Joetough````  <small><span class="autosigned">—Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[User:Joetough|Joetough]] ([[User talk:Joetough|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/Joetough|contribs]]) 21:41, 10 October 2008 (UTC)</span></small><!-- Template:Unsigned --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->
:There's an article [[Mesoplanet]]... [[Special:Contributions/70.51.10.188|70.51.10.188]] ([[User talk:70.51.10.188|talk]]) 11:57, 12 October 2008 (UTC)

== Featured article review, Comet Hale-Bopp ==
[[Comet Hale-Bopp]] has been nominated for a [[Wikipedia:Featured_article_review|featured article review]]. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. Please leave your comments and help us to return the article to [[Wikipedia:What is a featured article?|featured quality]]. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, articles are moved onto the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Remove" the article from featured status. The instructions for the review process are [[Wikipedia:Featured_article_review|here]]. Reviewers' concerns are [[Wikipedia:Featured_article_review/{{#if:|{{{2}}}|Comet Hale-Bopp}}|here]]. [[User:Marskell|Marskell]] ([[User talk:Marskell|talk]]) 15:08, 14 October 2008 (UTC)

== Featured article review, Kreutz Sungrazers ==
[[Kreutz Sungrazers]] has been nominated for a [[Wikipedia:Featured_article_review|featured article review]]. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. Please leave your comments and help us to return the article to [[Wikipedia:What is a featured article?|featured quality]]. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, articles are moved onto the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Remove" the article from featured status. The instructions for the review process are [[Wikipedia:Featured_article_review|here]]. Reviewers' concerns are [[Wikipedia:Featured_article_review/{{#if:|{{{2}}}|Kreutz Sungrazers}}|here]]. &mdash;[[User:Ceranthor|<span style="color: #000000;">'''Ceran'''</span>]][[User_talk:Ceranthor|<span style="color: #800000;"><sup>(Sing)</sup></span>]] 23:23, 22 October 2008 (UTC)

== [[Zodiacal light]] ==
This is a current event that will be active for the next couple of weeks and, therefore, should be a pretty decently viewed article. [http://www.yahoo.com/s/976623 Yahoo] even had a front page link to the event, so you know it should be a pretty popular article for a little while. Looks like it could use some clean-up and it could probably start with an infobox if there's one for it. Don't have enough knowledge on the subject, but I figure I'd bring it to this WP's attention if it's not in your crosshairs already. Have fun! '''[[User:Roguegeek|roguegeek]]'''&nbsp;<small>([[User talk:Roguegeek|talk]]·[[Special:Contributions/Roguegeek|cont]])</small> 04:40, 26 October 2008 (UTC)

:If someone can just point me to the infobox that should be used for this article, I could start the cleanup. '''[[User:Roguegeek|roguegeek]]'''&nbsp;<small>([[User talk:Roguegeek|talk]]·[[Special:Contributions/Roguegeek|cont]])</small> 17:01, 27 October 2008 (UTC)
::I don't think there is an infobox for it. <b>[[User:Serendipodous|<span style="color:#0000bb;">Serendi</span>]][[Special:Contributions/Serendipodous|<sup style="color:#bb0000;">pod</sup>]][[User talk: Serendipodous|<span style="color:#0000bb;">ous</span>]]</b> 19:10, 27 October 2008 (UTC)

==[[Atmosphere of Jupiter]]==
I submitted this article for a peer review. You can comment [[Wikipedia:Peer_review/Atmosphere of Jupiter/archive1|here]]. [[User:Ruslik0|Ruslik]] ([[User talk:Ruslik0|talk]]) 12:57, 28 October 2008 (UTC)

== GA sweeps: [[3 Juno]] ==
Hello, as part of [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Good articles/Project quality task force]], I have conducted a Good Article reassessment of [[3 Juno]]. I have a few concerns that should be addressed if the article is to remain listed as a GA. If anyone is able to help out, the reassessment can be found [[Talk:3 Juno/GA1|here]]. Thanks, [[User:GaryColemanFan|GaryColemanFan]] ([[User talk:GaryColemanFan|talk]]) 19:39, 29 October 2008 (UTC)

== [[Rings of Neptune]] ==
The article is a featured article candidate now. You can comment [[Wikipedia:Featured_article_candidates/Rings of Neptune|here]]. [[User:Ruslik0|Ruslik]] ([[User talk:Ruslik0|talk]]) 16:41, 3 November 2008 (UTC)

== GA sweeps: 4 Vesta ==
Hello, as part of [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Good articles/Project quality task force]], I have conducted a Good Article reassessment of [[4 Vesta]]. I have a few concerns that should be addressed if the article is to remain listed as a GA. If anyone is able to help out, the reassessment can be found [[Talk:4 Vesta/GA1|here]]. Thanks, [[User:GaryColemanFan|GaryColemanFan]] ([[User talk:GaryColemanFan|talk]]) 18:44, 5 November 2008 (UTC)

== [[4 Vesta]] ==
Just a quick reminder that this article is undergoing a GA reassessment as part of the GA sweeps. It has been on hold for over two weeks, but several concerns remain. If they are not addressed soon, I will have to delist the article. Because it is part of the [[Wikipedia:Featured topics#Physics and astronomy|Main asteroid belt Featured Topic]], this would also mean that the Featured Topic would be delisted. There's not much left to do, so any help you can provide would be great. The reassessment page is [[Talk:4 Vesta/GA1|here]]. Thanks, [[User:GaryColemanFan|GaryColemanFan]] ([[User talk:GaryColemanFan|talk]]) 22:49, 20 November 2008 (UTC)

==May I destroy?==
May I make a redirect page of the article [[Planetary Database System]]? The reason is here: [[Talk:Planetary Database System]]. Said: [[User:Rursus|Rursus]] ([[User talk:Rursus|☻]]) 16:35, 17 December 2008 (UTC)

==3 Juno...==
I don't know how topics, let alone Featured Topics, really work, but is there a reason that [[3 Juno]], a GA, is not included in the FT Main Asteroid Belt? [[User:SkarmCA|SkarmCA]] ([[User talk:SkarmCA|talk]]) 15:31, 18 December 2008 (UTC)

== Peer review for [[Vulcanoid asteroid]] ==
Hi all,
I have done an extensive rewrite of this article and have requested a peer review [[Wikipedia:Peer review/Vulcanoid asteroid/archive1|here]]. Some input and suggestions would be very welcome because I don't think it's terribly far from GA status, but I've hit the limit of what I can do on my own. Thanks, [[User:Reyk|<span style="color:maroon;">'''Reyk'''</span>]] [[User talk:Reyk|'''<sub style="color:blue;">YO!</sub>''']] 21:41, 28 December 2008 (UTC)
*After an excellent peer review by [[User:Ruhrfisch]], i have nominated this article for GA. [[User:Reyk|<span style="color:maroon;">'''Reyk'''</span>]] [[User talk:Reyk|'''<sub style="color:blue;">YO!</sub>''']] 01:25, 5 January 2009 (UTC)

== Dates and Microformats for lists of Eclipses ==
Please note [[Talk:List of solar eclipses in the 20th century#Dates and Microformats|my proposal for making a table-row template]] for lists of solar eclipses, so that they emit [[hCard]] [[microformat]]s. [[User:Pigsonthewing|Andy Mabbett]] (User:Pigsonthewing); [[User talk:Pigsonthewing|Andy's talk]]; [[Special:Contributions/Pigsonthewing|Andy's edits]] 13:58, 29 December 2008 (UTC)

== Articles in need of attention ==
Regarding those articles on the project page listed under 'Articles in need of attention', I'm working on their reference repair. --[[User:Rosiestep|Rosiestep]] ([[User talk:Rosiestep|talk]]) 01:43, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

== Ceres and the Minor Planet Navigator ==
A number of articles have a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:WhatLinksHere/1_Ceres redirect] because Ceres is listed as '''1 Ceres''' rather than as [[Ceres (dwarf planet)]]. As the list and the minor planets navigator runs into potential technical issues, I don't know it it can or should be fixed. I didn't activate it here, but the text to test it in the sandbox is <nowiki>{{MinorPlanets Navigator|1 Ceres||PageName=2 Pallas}}</nowiki>. [[User:Novangelis|Novangelis]] ([[User talk:Novangelis|talk]]) 22:17, 11 January 2009 (UTC)

==Macula (planetary geology)==
[[Macula (planetary geology)]] has been nominated for deletion at WP:AFD [[Special:Contributions/76.66.196.229|76.66.196.229]] ([[User talk:76.66.196.229|talk]]) 07:57, 9 February 2009 (UTC)
*I found some sources that should be enough to save the article, but I don't have time to write it at the moment. If anyone else wants to jump in, feel free. [[User:Reyk|<span style="color:maroon;">'''Reyk'''</span>]] [[User talk:Reyk|'''<sub style="color:blue;">YO!</sub>''']] 21:13, 9 February 2009 (UTC)

==main belt asteroids==
See [[WT:AST]], someone has mentioned possibly deleting most of the stub articles. [[Special:Contributions/76.66.196.229|76.66.196.229]] ([[User talk:76.66.196.229|talk]]) 06:49, 19 February 2009 (UTC)
:See [[WT:ASTRO]] for additional discussions. [[Special:Contributions/76.66.193.90|76.66.193.90]] ([[User talk:76.66.193.90|talk]]) 06:48, 22 February 2009 (UTC)

== [[Jupiter Trojan]] ==

The article is a featured article candidate now. You can comment [[Wikipedia:Featured_article_candidates/Jupiter Trojan|here]]. [[User:Ruslik0|Ruslik]] ([[User talk:Ruslik0|talk]]) 18:48, 21 February 2009 (UTC)

== Category:Comets ==

I have a suggestion - that {{cl|comets}} be subcategorized with the creation of {{cl|periodic comets}} ... so that the main category can contain infomation on comets in general, while the subcategory can contain articles on individual comets. [[Special:Contributions/76.66.193.90|76.66.193.90]] ([[User talk:76.66.193.90|talk]]) 12:28, 25 February 2009 (UTC)
: I do not object. [[User:Ruslik0|Ruslik]] ([[User talk:Ruslik0|talk]]) 13:38, 25 February 2009 (UTC)

== [[WP:Article alerts|Article alerts]] ==

Everyone loves this so far, so I don't see why you guys wouldn't love it as well.[[User:Headbomb|Headbomb]]&nbsp;{<sup>[[User talk:Headbomb|ταλκ]]</sup><sub style="margin-left:-4.0ex;">[[Special:Contributions/Headbomb|κοντριβς]]</sub>&nbsp;&ndash;&nbsp;[[WP:PHYS|WP Physics]]} 05:42, 28 February 2009 (UTC)
*I certainly do not object to it. [[User:Reyk|<span style="color:maroon;">'''Reyk'''</span>]] [[User talk:Reyk|'''<sub style="color:blue;">YO!</sub>''']] 06:36, 28 February 2009 (UTC)

== Coordinators' working group ==

Hi!  I'd like to draw your attention to the new [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Coordinators' working group|WikiProject coordinators' working group]], an effort to bring both official and unofficial WikiProject coordinators together so that the projects can more easily develop consensus and collaborate.  This group has been created after discussion regarding possible changes to the A-Class review system, and that may be one of the first things discussed by interested coordinators.

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== FA cleanup needed ==
According to [[Wikipedia:Featured articles/Cleanup listing]], the article [[Mars]] is in need of cleanup.  Hopefully, editors will get on it right away, or the article should be submitted to [[WP:FAR]] for review.  [[User:SandyGeorgia|Sandy<span style="color:green;">Georgia</span>]] ([[User talk:SandyGeorgia|Talk]]) 22:56, 1 March 2009 (UTC)

==Category:Eponyms of Trans-Neptunian objects to Category:Eponyms of trans-Neptunian objects ==
At [[WP:CFD]] a rename has been requested for [[:Category:Eponyms of Trans-Neptunian objects]] to [[:Category:Eponyms of trans-Neptunian objects]] 

[[Special:Contributions/76.66.193.90|76.66.193.90]] ([[User talk:76.66.193.90|talk]]) 06:11, 4 March 2009 (UTC)

==Category:Eponyms of Trans-Neptunian objects==
[[:Category:Eponyms of Trans-Neptunian objects]] has been nominated for deletion. [[Special:Contributions/76.66.193.90|76.66.193.90]] ([[User talk:76.66.193.90|talk]]) 06:50, 7 March 2009 (UTC)

== popularity ==

FYI, FWIW, here's [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Solar System/Popular pages]] [[Special:Contributions/76.66.193.90|76.66.193.90]] ([[User talk:76.66.193.90|talk]]) 07:57, 8 March 2009 (UTC)

==cat:Transiting planets → cat:Transiting exoplanets==
{{cl|Transiting planets}} → {{cl|Transiting exoplanets}} has been proposed at [[WP:CFD]], to exclude Mercury and Venus. [[Special:Contributions/76.66.201.179|76.66.201.179]] ([[User talk:76.66.201.179|talk]]) 04:33, 11 March 2009 (UTC)

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==comet redirects to nothing applicable up for deletion==
[[C/1978 A1]] and [[Great Comet of 1771]] have been nominated for deletion. They are redirects, and their target doesn't say anything about these comets. [[Special:Contributions/76.66.193.69|76.66.193.69]] ([[User talk:76.66.193.69|talk]]) 04:53, 31 March 2009 (UTC)

== FAR on Comet ==

{{#if:|[[User:{{{2}}}]] has|I have}} nominated [[Comet]] for a [[Wikipedia:Featured article review/Comet|featured article review here]]. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets [[Wikipedia:What is a featured article?|featured article criteria]]. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Remove" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are [[Wikipedia:Featured article review|here]].'''[[User:Cirt|Cirt]]''' ([[User talk:Cirt|talk]]) 12:14, 17 April 2009 (UTC)

==[[Solar system basic]] nominated for deletion at AfD==
[[Solar system basic]] has been nominated for deletion, see [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Solar system basic]]. Note that the creator of this article has recently created a sandbox article [[User:HarryAlffa/Solar System synopsis]] that he categorized into article categories, so I expect the article to be recreated if deleted... [[Special:Contributions/76.66.196.218|76.66.196.218]] ([[User talk:76.66.196.218|talk]]) 13:53, 25 April 2009 (UTC)

==Lead section of [[Solar System]]==
There is an active discussion on rewriting the lead section of [[Solar System]], as Solar System is a '''featured article''', more participants might be a good idea. See [[Talk:Solar System]] and [[Wikipedia:Featured article review/Solar System/archive1]] [[Special:Contributions/76.66.196.218|76.66.196.218]] ([[User talk:76.66.196.218|talk]]) 14:00, 25 April 2009 (UTC)

=={{tl|Infobox magnetosphere}}==
I created this infobox for the articles about planetary magnetospheres (currently used in two articles). Comments and suggestions are appreciated. [[User:Ruslik0|Ruslik]] ([[User talk:Ruslik0|talk]]) 12:22, 29 April 2009 (UTC)

==[[Magnetosphere of Jupiter]]==
I nominated this article for peer review. You can leave your comments [[Wikipedia:Peer_review/Magnetosphere_of_Jupiter/archive1|here]]. [[User:Ruslik0|Ruslik]] ([[User talk:Ruslik0|talk]]) 19:47, 1 May 2009 (UTC)

== Saturn's outer moons  ==

Hello my name is Chuck Ard(Triton66) and I had some ideas about the origins of Saturn's outermost moons. Clearly the entry of Phoebe into the Saturn system had a destabilizing effect on the outermost moons, much how like Triton's retrograde orbit prevented large moons from forming around Neptune. In Phoebe's case, this happened much farther away from Saturn. As Phoebe entered the outer Saturn system, it may have passed by several small moons and caused their breakups. It's possible that both  the prograde and retrograde moons between Kiviuq and Tarvos resulted from the Phoebe entry. Here is my list for Saturn's outermost moons' origins (up to Tarvos that is). 

Kiviuq
Ijiraq

Phoebe
3,000,000km gap
Paaliaq
Skathi
Albiorix/S2007S2
593,000km gap 
Bebhiom/Erriapus
Skoll
303,000km gap
Siarnaq
Tarqeq/S2004S13/Greip/Hyrrokkin
388,000km gap
Tarvos/Jarnsaxa  <small><span class="autosigned">—Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[User:Triton66|Triton66]] ([[User talk:Triton66|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/Triton66|contribs]]) 00:16, 7 May 2009 (UTC)</span></small><!-- Template:Unsigned --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->

:[[Phoebe (moon)]] is only 230km in diameter.  It is not a captured [[dwarf planet]].  It is likely a ''run-of-the-mill'' captured [[centaur (minor planet)]].  Outer moons are [http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/?glossary&term=lp not stable] in the first place.  Saturn already has [[Moons of Saturn|7 spherical moons]].  Triton mostly likely [[Perturbation_(astronomy)|disrupted]] existing moons by crashing them into one another... -- [[User:Kheider|Kheider]] ([[User talk:Kheider|talk]]) 00:45, 7 May 2009 (UTC)'

Thank you for responding Kheider, it's nice to meet you. I think what I meant to say was in the really small chance that Phoebe came close enough to a small, Helene-sized original prograde outer moon, it would have to be extremely close for Phoebe's mass to have had any disruptive effect as well. It is possible that none of the moons were effected by Phoebe, I will concede. Anyway, wouldn't you like to know what Tarvos looks like up close! Would it be unreasonable to consider Tarvos to be Saturn's outermost natural satellite, or a captured object? Does having a prograde orbit necessarily mean originating from the Saturn system? It would be so cool if JPL were able to send Cassini to the outer Saturn system at least 1 more time before they do the suicide mission in 2017.  <small><span class="autosigned">—Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[User:Triton66|Triton66]] ([[User talk:Triton66|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/Triton66|contribs]]) 02:39, 11 May 2009 (UTC)</span></small><!-- Template:Unsigned --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->

==useful tool==
[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Solar System/Article alerts]]. enjoy! [[User:Nergaal|Nergaal]] ([[User talk:Nergaal|talk]]) 01:02, 10 May 2009 (UTC)

==133552 Itting-Enke==
[[133552 Itting-Enke]] has been prodded for deletion. [[Special:Contributions/76.66.202.139|76.66.202.139]] ([[User talk:76.66.202.139|talk]]) 04:11, 14 May 2009 (UTC)

==File:I screenimage 30579.jpg==
[[:File:I screenimage 30579.jpg]] has been nominated for deletion, as an ESA copyrighted image being replaceable. [[Special:Contributions/76.66.202.139|76.66.202.139]] ([[User talk:76.66.202.139|talk]]) 05:15, 15 May 2009 (UTC)

==File:X3solarflare.gif==
[[:File:X3solarflare.gif]] has been nominated for deletion, as an ESA copyrighted image being replaceable. [[Special:Contributions/76.66.202.139|76.66.202.139]] ([[User talk:76.66.202.139|talk]]) 05:15, 15 May 2009 (UTC)

==File:Solarflareanimation.gif==
[[:File:Solarflareanimation.gif]] has been nominated for deletion, as an ESA copyrighted image being replaceable. [[Special:Contributions/76.66.202.139|76.66.202.139]] ([[User talk:76.66.202.139|talk]]) 05:15, 15 May 2009 (UTC)

==OTRS permission for Italian website's photos==
See [[WT:AST]], apparently permission is granted for use of these astrophotos from [http://www.castfvg.it/fotoccd.htm Fotographie - Immagini CCD] [[Special:Contributions/76.66.202.139|76.66.202.139]] ([[User talk:76.66.202.139|talk]]) 04:18, 16 May 2009 (UTC)

==Planetary moon categories==
A bunch of categories have been proposed to be renamed:
* [[:Category:Mars' moons]] to [[:Category:Moons of Mars]]
* [[:Category:Jupiter's moons]] to [[:Category:Moons of Jupiter]]
* [[:Category:Saturn's moons]] to [[:Category:Moons of Saturn]]
* [[:Category:Neptune's moons]] to [[:Category:Moons of Neptune]]
* [[:Category:Uranus' moons]] to [[:Category:Moons of Uranus]]
See [[Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2009_May_20#Planetary_moons]]

[[Special:Contributions/76.66.202.139|76.66.202.139]] ([[User talk:76.66.202.139|talk]]) 05:35, 21 May 2009 (UTC)

==OTRS permission for the Space Telescope Science Institute's Digitized Sky Survey website's photos==
See [[WT:AST]], apparently permission is granted for use of these astrophotos from [http://archive.stsci.edu/cgi-bin/dss_form STScI Digitized Sky Survey] 
[[Special:Contributions/76.66.196.85|76.66.196.85]] ([[User talk:76.66.196.85|talk]]) 06:53, 23 May 2009 (UTC)

==Moon images categories up for deletion==
[[:Category:Images of moons]] and [[:Category:Lunar images]] (images of The Moon) have been nominated for deletion at [[WP:CFD]] on May 23. [[Special:Contributions/70.29.208.129|70.29.208.129]] ([[User talk:70.29.208.129|talk]]) 04:07, 24 May 2009 (UTC)

==Geology of solar terrestrial planets GA Sweeps: On Hold==
I have reviewed [[Geology of solar terrestrial planets]] for GA Sweeps to determine if it still qualifies as a Good Article. In reviewing the article I have found several issues, which I have detailed '''[[Talk:Geology of solar terrestrial planets/GA1|here]]'''. Since the article falls under the scope of this project, I figured you would be interested in contributing to further improve the article. Please comment there to help the article maintain its GA status. If you have any questions, let me know on my talk page and I'll get back to you as soon as I can. --Happy editing! [[User:Nehrams2020|Nehrams2020]] ([[User talk:Nehrams2020|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/Nehrams2020|contrib]]) 02:56, 30 May 2009 (UTC)

== Sun FAR ==

{{#if:|[[User:{{{2}}}]] has|I have}} nominated [[Sun]] for a [[Wikipedia:Featured article review/Sun/archive1|featured article review here]]. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets [[Wikipedia:What is a featured article?|featured article criteria]]. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Remove" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are [[Wikipedia:Featured article review|here]]. '''[[User:SkyBon|SkyBon]]'''<sup>[[User_talk:SkyBon|Talk]]\[[Special:Contributions/SkyBon|Contributions]]</sup> 11:32, 3 June 2009 (UTC)
::With no progress it will end up without the star in a few days.--[[User:Stone|Stone]] ([[User talk:Stone|talk]]) 08:54, 10 July 2009 (UTC)

==3621 Curtis==
[[3621 Curtis]] has been prodded for deletion. [[Special:Contributions/70.29.212.226|70.29.212.226]] ([[User talk:70.29.212.226|talk]]) 12:17, 13 June 2009 (UTC)

== GA Reassessment of [[Asteroid]] ==

I have done a GA Reassessment of the article, [[Asteroid]] as part of the GA Sweeps project.  I have found that the article does not meet the current [[WP:GA Criteria|GA Criteria]].  As such I have held the article for a week pending fixes.  My review can be found [[Talk:Asteroid/GA1|here]].  I am notifying all interested projects about this.  If you have any questions please contact me on my talk page.  [[User:H1nkles|H1nkles]] ([[User talk:H1nkles|talk]]) 22:11, 16 June 2009 (UTC)

== Pronunciation ==

{{tl|Infobox Planet}} has been updated to include a "pronounce" field. This allows the pronunciation of the names of planets to be moved out of the lead sentence of articles, and placed into the article's infobox instead. The lead sentence of an article should flow smoothly, giving the most important fact(s) about the subject of the article. [[WP:NOTDICT|Wikipedia is not a dictionary]]; the subject of an article is the thing itself, not the word that describes it (e.g. the planet Earth, not the word ''Earth''). Pronunciation is therefore not of primary importance and does not belong in the first sentence of the lead. The infobox is a better place for it—it is the right place to collect facts that may be needed for quick reference, but fall outside the "flow" of the article text.

See also [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Astronomical objects#Pronunciation]].--[[User:Srleffler|Srleffler]] ([[User talk:Srleffler|talk]]) 05:00, 25 June 2009 (UTC)

== 7528 Huskvarna ==

[[7528 Huskvarna]] was tagged for [[WP:CSD]], but declined. [[Special:Contributions/76.66.193.20|76.66.193.20]] ([[User talk:76.66.193.20|talk]]) 09:45, 30 June 2009 (UTC)
:7528 Huskvarna has now been nominated for deletion at AfD. [[Special:Contributions/76.66.193.20|76.66.193.20]] ([[User talk:76.66.193.20|talk]]) 04:46, 1 July 2009 (UTC)

==Volcanically active worlds==
[[Volcanically active worlds]] has been prodded for deletion. [[Special:Contributions/70.29.208.69|70.29.208.69]] ([[User talk:70.29.208.69|talk]]) 05:04, 3 July 2009 (UTC)

==Geomagnetic storm → Geomagnetic solar storm==
A [[WP:RM]] requested move has been filed to rename [[Geomagnetic storm]] → [[Geomagnetic solar storm]]

[[Special:Contributions/70.29.208.69|70.29.208.69]] ([[User talk:70.29.208.69|talk]]) 04:06, 9 July 2009 (UTC)

== Changes to popular pages lists ==

There are a few important changes to the popular pages system. A quick summary:
* The "importance" ranking (for projects that use it) will be included in the lists along with assessment.
* The default list size has been lowered to 500 entries (from 1000)
* I've set up a project on the Toolserver for the popular pages - [[tools:~alexz/pop/]].
** This includes a page to view the results for projects, including the in-progress results from the current month. Currently this can only show the results from a single project in one month. Features to see multiple projects or multiple months may be added later.
** This includes a new interface for making requests to add a new project to the list.
** There is also a form to request a change to the configuration for a project. Currently the configurable options are the size of the on-wiki list and the project subpage used for the list.
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* The data is now retained indefinitely.
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==Category:Lunar images==
[[:Category:Lunar images]] has been nominated for deletion. [[Special:Contributions/76.66.192.144|76.66.192.144]] ([[User talk:76.66.192.144|talk]]) 04:17, 18 August 2009 (UTC)

== Grammar error in notification text for articles in this project ==

I went to the discussion page for the [[Minor planet]] article, and saw this:
"This article is within the scope of WikiProject Solar System, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of Solar System on Wikipedia."
Improve coverage of Solar System? Shouldn't it say, "improve coverage of ''the'' Solar System?" [[User:MathEconMajor|MathEconMajor]] ([[User talk:MathEconMajor|talk]]) 16:50, 28 August 2009 (UTC)

:Fixed, thanks for pointing this out. <span style="white-space:nowrap">— [[User:Huntster|Huntster]] <small>([[User talk:Huntster|t]] • [[Special:Emailuser/Huntster|@]] • [[Special:Contributions/Huntster|c]])</small></span> 09:56, 29 August 2009 (UTC)

==Extraterrestrial geographic coordinate templates==
{{tld|Moon}} and {{tld|Coor Mars}} have been nominated for deletion at [[WP:TFD]]. See [[Wikipedia:Templates for deletion/Log/2009 September 16]]

[[Special:Contributions/76.66.196.139|76.66.196.139]] ([[User talk:76.66.196.139|talk]]) 04:51, 17 September 2009 (UTC)

== Broad transcription ==

(Copied from [[Talk:Orthosie (moon)]].)

Since final -ia, -ie, and -ee in Greek loans are all traditionally pronounced [ee-uh] in English, this moon should probably be pronounced the same as Orthosia, [or-THO-see-uh]. However, I received the following email from someone at JPL who signed only as "Ellis": 

"Pronunciation of the moon names is an iffy thing at best.  We still don't have universal agreement on the pronunciation of the Galilean satellite names.  I can make an educated guess, but that is all it is:
  Euporie (you-POOR-ee)
   Orthosie (ore-THO-see)
  Pasithee (PASS-i-thee)"

: Seeing as "pronunciation of the moon names is an iffy thing at best", why aren't the moon names using [[broad transcription]] like the rest of WP? We can't expect laymen to understand the distinction between [i] and [ɨ] which is [[phonetic]], not [[phonemic]] for many speakers of English and should not be used inside of slashes.  The same goes for [ɵ] and possibly others used in other moon names. -[[User:Craig Pemberton|Craig Pemberton]] ([[User talk:Craig Pemberton|talk]]) 14:57, 18 September 2009 (UTC)

== Image of Venus' surface ==

I'm looking for a rectangular image of Venus' surface, like the lower one on [[:File:Venus 1 to 10m quadrangle layout.png]], but without the lettering, for use on [[Template:GeoTemplate/venus|the mapping template]]. Can anyone tell me where I can find one, please? <span class="vcard"><span class="fn">[[User:Pigsonthewing|Andy Mabbett]]</span> (User:<span class="nickname">Pigsonthewing</span>); [[User talk:Pigsonthewing|Andy's talk]]; [[Special:Contributions/Pigsonthewing|Andy's edits]]</span> 15:31, 21 September 2009 (UTC)

:I don't know if anything there will be what you are needing, but the USGS has quite a bit of public domain maps and related data for Venus: http://astrogeology.usgs.gov/SolarSystem/Venus/ <span style="white-space:nowrap; text-shadow:gray 5px 3px 1px;">— [[User:Huntster|Huntster]] <small>([[User talk:Huntster|t]] [[Special:Emailuser/Huntster|@]] [[Special:Contributions/Huntster|c]])</small></span> 05:35, 22 September 2009 (UTC)

== [[Titania (moon)]] ==

The article is a featured article candidate now. You can comment [[Wikipedia%3AFeatured_article_candidates/Titania_(moon)/archive1|here]]. [[User:Ruslik0|Ruslik]]_[[User Talk:Ruslik0|<span style="color:red">Zero</span>]] 18:39, 4 October 2009 (UTC)

==[[:Category:Lists of minor planets by number]]==

I think someone made a hash of these lists back in June... some were renamed, some weren't, and the redirects from old to new names were deleted in some cases... [[Special:Contributions/76.66.197.30|76.66.197.30]] ([[User talk:76.66.197.30|talk]]) 11:26, 6 October 2009 (UTC)

== Diacria and other Mars Quadrangles ==

Re: Diacria Quadrangle.
This article needs expanding, as probably do the other Mars Quadrangle articles. (Diacria is the only one I looked at in detail.)
Some of the features mentioned (e.g. Tartarus colles) are not in the Diacria Quad. Also, only one (not two) of the new craters shown by MRO to contain ice are in the Diacria Quad. (I think.)
The article needs a brief discussion of the projection, scale, origin of the quadrangle maps. More importantly many significant geologic and topography features of the region, such as the Acheron Fossae region, Scandia Colles, Alba Patera’s western flank, Erebus Montes, Lycus Sulci (Olypmus Mons aureole) are not discussed.
I’m willing to work on expanding these. Any objections?
[[Special:Contributions/65.27.157.229|65.27.157.229]] ([[User talk:65.27.157.229|talk]]) 19:18, 11 October 2009 (UTC)

:That is what Wikipedia is all about.  If you want to expand [[Diacria quadrangle]], I say go for it. :-) -- [[User:Kheider|Kheider]] ([[User talk:Kheider|talk]]) 19:25, 12 October 2009 
I've updated the quadrangles and will continue.  Thanks for checking the site for errors.  I'll double check and make changes.  I'm not sure how to discuss the scale, origin, and projection of the maps.  Should such a discussion be on every page?Jim S````(UTC)

== IBEX Data Revises Heliosphere theory ==

Recent IBEX data makes much of the Heliosphere page outdated.  However, new theory is not yet available.  I added IBEX and Cassini observation info to section on Detection by spacecraft.  I'm a Wikipedia newbie.  Should anything be added to the head of the page to alert the reader to the presence of conflicting information caused by brand new observations?[[User:Canuck100|Canuck100]] ([[User talk:Canuck100|talk]]) 21:41, 22 October 2009 (UTC)
:Hi! Nice to see a newbie. I should say though, that this should be on the article's talk page, not here. And any alternative hypotheses should be referenced to specific astronomers. <b>[[User:Serendipodous|<span style="color:#0000bb;">Serendi</span>]][[Special:Contributions/Serendipodous|<sup style="color:#bb0000;">pod</sup>]][[User talk: Serendipodous|<span style="color:#0000bb;">ous</span>]]</b> 21:46, 22 October 2009 (UTC)

== Mars ==
[[Mars]] has been listed at [[Wikipedia:Featured articles/Cleanup listing]] for a very long time; if not cleaned up soon, to current standards, it should go to [[WP:FAR]].  [[User:SandyGeorgia|Sandy<span style="color:green;">Georgia</span>]] ([[User talk:SandyGeorgia|Talk]]) 22:14, 12 December 2009 (UTC)

==Automatic featured content lists==
If anybody wants to use this for the WP page. [[User:Nergaal|Nergaal]] ([[User talk:Nergaal|talk]]) 19:18, 8 January 2010 (UTC)

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== WP 1.0 bot announcement ==

This message is being sent to each WikiProject that participates in the [[Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Assessment|WP 1.0 assessment system]]. On '''Saturday, January 23, 2010''', the [[User:WP 1.0 bot|WP 1.0 bot]] will be upgraded. Your project does not need to take any action, but the appearance of your project's [[Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Solar System articles by quality statistics|summary table]] will change. The upgrade will make many new, optional features available to all WikiProjects. Additional information is available at the [[Wikipedia talk:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Index|WP 1.0 project homepage]]. &mdash;&nbsp;Carl <small>([[User:CBM|CBM]]&nbsp;·&nbsp;[[User talk:CBM|talk]])</small> 03:56, 22 January 2010 (UTC)

==The Sun==
{{noredirect|The Sun}} redirect is up for discussion on its target, see [[Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2010 January 26]]

[[Special:Contributions/70.29.210.242|70.29.210.242]] ([[User talk:70.29.210.242|talk]]) 06:04, 28 January 2010 (UTC)

==Template:Infobox minor planet==
[[:Template:Infobox minor planet]] has been nominated for deletion. [[Special:Contributions/70.29.210.242|70.29.210.242]] ([[User talk:70.29.210.242|talk]]) 13:20, 29 January 2010 (UTC)


==Regarding the discovery date of [[197856 Tafelmusik]] ==

{{talkback|User_talk:Victor_falk#197856 Tafelmusik}}

== Exploration of Io Peer Review ==

[[Exploration of Io]], is currently undergoing a [[WP:PR|peer review]].  Please take this opportunity to give the article a once over, [[Wikipedia:Peer_review/Exploration of Io/archive1|submit a review]], or [[WP:BOLD|Be Bold]] and help to improve the article.  I hope to nominate the article for a [[WP:FA|Featured Article Candidacy]] in the next few days if all goes well.  Thanks you, --[[User:Volcanopele|Volcanopele]] ([[User talk:Volcanopele|talk]]) 01:56, 22 February 2010 (UTC)
:[[Exploration of Io]] has now been nominated for [[WP:FAC|featured article candidacy]].  Please go to [[Wikipedia:Featured_article_candidates/Exploration_of_Io/archive1|the nominating page]] to provide support, opposition, or your constructive comments.  Thank you!  --[[User:Volcanopele|Volcanopele]] ([[User talk:Volcanopele|talk]]) 14:55, 16 March 2010 (UTC)

==[[:File:MercuryOrbitResonance.gif]]==
FYI, [[:Image:MercuryOrbitResonance.gif]] has been nominated for deletion at FfD. [[Special:Contributions/70.29.210.242|70.29.210.242]] ([[User talk:70.29.210.242|talk]]) 07:00, 27 February 2010 (UTC)

:This was transferred to commons as: [[:File:Orbital resonance of Mercury.gif]]
:There also exists still images: [[:Image:Mercury's orbital resonance.svg]] and [[:Image:Mercury's orbital resonance.png]]
:[[Special:Contributions/70.29.210.242|70.29.210.242]] ([[User talk:70.29.210.242|talk]]) 14:14, 28 February 2010 (UTC)

::Thanks 70.* for mentioning this. I forgot to when I moved it. Whoops :) By the way, your project updates are certainly appreciated. <span style="white-space:nowrap; text-shadow:gray 5px 3px 1px;">— [[User:Huntster|Huntster]] <small>([[User talk:Huntster|t]] [[Special:Emailuser/Huntster|@]] [[Special:Contributions/Huntster|c]])</small></span> 20:52, 28 February 2010 (UTC)

==Moon science==
FYI, [[Moon science]] has been nominated for deletion via AfD.

[[Special:Contributions/70.29.210.242|70.29.210.242]] ([[User talk:70.29.210.242|talk]]) 06:57, 4 March 2010 (UTC)

== Moon ==

{{#if:|[[User:{{{2}}}]] has|I have}} nominated [[Moon]] for a [[Wikipedia:Featured article review/Moon/archive1|featured article review here]]. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets [[Wikipedia:What is a featured article?|featured article criteria]]. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Remove" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are [[Wikipedia:Featured article review|here]]. --'''[[User:Cryptic C62|Cryptic C62]] · [[User talk: Cryptic C62|Talk]]''' 19:42, 10 March 2010 (UTC)
:The FARC has closed with [[Moon]] being Kept as a featured article. [[User:Iridia|Iridia]] ([[User talk:Iridia|talk]]) 02:08, 20 May 2010 (UTC)

== display globe in Infobox crater data ==

In response to a request at [[Template talk:Infobox Mercury crater]], I'd like to change [[Template:Infobox crater data]] to display the globe parameter (if supplied).  This should help make clear which planet, dwarf planet, or natural satellite the crater is located on, in case it's not clear from the context. --[[User:Stepheng3|Stepheng3]] ([[User talk:Stepheng3|talk]]) 00:04, 24 March 2010 (UTC)

== List of Jupiter Trojans (Trojan Camp) ==

Hello,
Please excuse my bad English, I'm not a native speaker.
I think there is a mistake in the "[[List of Trojan asteroids (Trojan camp)]]". One of the listed Asteroids, (31416) 1999 PI1, seems not to be a Jupiter Trojan, respectively it seems not to exist. There is an Asteroid with this number, but it's called [http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=31416 1999 AX24] and it isn't a [http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/iau/lists/JupiterTrojans.html Jupiter Trojan.] I think the Asteroid should be removed from the list. Best regards, Daniel <span style="font-size: smaller;" class="autosigned">—Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[Special:Contributions/79.217.109.245|79.217.109.245]] ([[User talk:79.217.109.245|talk]]) 18:56, 1 April 2010 (UTC)</span>
:Thank you Daniel, I have [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_Trojan_asteroids_%28Trojan_camp%29&diff=prev&oldid=353403662 removed it.] -- [[User:Kheider|Kheider]] ([[User talk:Kheider|talk]]) 19:30, 1 April 2010 (UTC)

== [[Earth]] citations needed ==

There are currently five figures in the "Orbital characteristics" part of [[Earth]]'s infobox that are uncited. This shouldn't be the case on a Featured Article. If anyone could provide citations, that would very helpful. --[[User:Cybercobra|<b style="color:#3773A5;">Cyber</b><span style="color:#FFB521;">cobra</span>]] [[User talk:Cybercobra|(talk)]] 23:35, 24 April 2010 (UTC)

==[[Moons of Saturn]]==
I nominated this article for Featured List status. The review page is [[Wikipedia:Featured_list_candidates/Moons_of_Saturn/archive1|here]]. [[User:Ruslik0|Ruslik]]_[[User Talk:Ruslik0|<span style="color:red">Zero</span>]] 12:29, 26 April 2010 (UTC)

== Image question ==

[[File:SDO first light.png|thumb|left|"beautiful prominence eruption" March 30, 2010, NASA]] I would like a second opinion on whether we are using this fantastic image appropriately at [[solar prominence]] and [[solar flare]]. Please reply at [[Talk:Solar flare/Archive 1#SDO image?]], or [[WP:BB|be bold]].  --[[User:InfantGorilla|InfantGorilla]] ([[User talk:InfantGorilla|talk]]) 11:11, 28 April 2010 (UTC)

== [[Portal:Mars]]' FPR ==

[[Mars]] has been nominated for a [[Wikipedia:Featured_portal_review|featured portal review]]. Portals are typically reviewed for one week. During this review, editors may declare "Keep" or "Remove" the portal from featured status. Please leave your comments and help us to return the portal to [[Wikipedia:What is a featured portal?|featured quality]]. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, portals may lose its status as featured portals. The instructions for the review process are [[Wikipedia:Featured_portal_review|here]]. Reviewers' concerns are [[Wikipedia:Featured_portal_review/{{#if:|{{{2}}}|Mars}}|here]]. [[User:GamerPro64|GamerPro64]] ([[User talk:GamerPro64|talk]]) 01:04, 12 May 2010 (UTC)

== [[WP:Books|Books]] on the planets ==

{{Main|Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Astronomy#Books on the planets}}

There's an ongoing discussion about creating books for solar system bodies at [[WT:WikiProject Astronomy]]. If figured you might want to take a look at it.  <span style="font-variant:small-caps; whitespace:nowrap;">[[User:Headbomb|Headbomb]] {[[User talk:Headbomb|talk]] / [[Special:Contributions/Headbomb|contribs]] / [[WP:PHYS|physics]] / [[WP:WBOOKS|books]]}</span> 03:21, 24 May 2010 (UTC)

== Wiki article on Trans-Neptunian Objects ==

In the Wikidepia article on Trans-Neptunian Objects the following statement is made:
"After Pluto's discovery, no one searched for further TNOs for a long time." 

This is factually incorrect in that it neglects to mention that Clyde Tombaugh himself continued to search, *after* Pluto's discovery, for quite some time for any further objects (as is correctly mentioned in the Wikipedia aricle on Tombaugh: "Tombaugh continued searching for some years after the discovery of Pluto").

I suggest the article be amended to say that, after further searching by Tombaugh for any more TNO's was unsuccessful, a long time passed before anyone else resumed a serious attempt.
As it stands, it ignores the substantial effort Tombaugh engaged in to find further objects.

-Gene  <span style="font-size: smaller;" class="autosigned">—Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[Special:Contributions/35.9.55.83|35.9.55.83]] ([[User talk:35.9.55.83|talk]]) 04:57, 27 May 2010 (UTC)</span><!-- Template:UnsignedIP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->

:Hiya. 

:Thanks for your suggestion concerning [[TNO]]s and [[Clyde_Tombaugh]].

:I've copied your suggestion into [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Trans-Neptunian_object#Clyde_Tombaugh here], which is the [[wp:talk page]] for [[TNO]]s.  When somebody has time to confirm your premise (maybe you have a source?), then they will hopefully edit the article as you suggest. Mind you, as what you suggest is non-contentious, I suggest you [[wp:be bold]] and edit the article as you see fit.  
:If you'd rather not, or would like any help or advice in doing the edit, please free to ask me on [[User talk:35.9.55.83|my talk page]]. I'll get back to you quickly. 
:(I've also welcomed you on your own talk page, and repeated these comments there.)  [[User:Trafford09|Trafford09]] ([[User talk:Trafford09|talk]]) 10:18, 27 May 2010 (UTC)

==[[Template:Trans-Neptunian objects]]==
FYI {{tl|Trans-Neptunian objects}} has been nominated for deletion. [[Special:Contributions/76.66.193.119|76.66.193.119]] ([[User talk:76.66.193.119|talk]]) 05:10, 18 July 2010 (UTC)

== Informed editors requested ==

This is related somewhat to Global Warming, so I present you the "wikipolitics" disclaimer.

Recently on the biography of [[Robert Watson (scientist)]], a minor edit war broke out over Watson's use of Mars to illustrate what the lack of global warming might look like. He said "We only need to look at 3 planets: Mars, Venus and Earth and you can explain why there is such a difference, a frigid Mars planet, no greenhouse gases, Venus is absolutely boiling lots of greenhouse gases and earth is by luck somewhere in the middle." The editors seeking to include this quote also noted that Mars' atmoshpere is 95% CO2, and that Watson's statement is "in conflict with our basic understanding of Mars."

Other editors responded that Mars' CO2 might be high in %age, but the relevence to global warming was not in %, but in Mars' near vaccum atmosphere, and that Watson's statement is not in conflict with our basic understanding of mars. It appears that there is a dispute over this.

It would be useful if editors educated on Astronomical objects could comment on a straw poll at [[Talk:Robert_Watson_(scientist)]]. Thanks so much for your time. [[User:Hipocrite|Hipocrite]] ([[User talk:Hipocrite|talk]]) 16:31, 19 July 2010 (UTC)

==Venus In-Situ Explorer==
FYI, [[Venus In-Situ Explorer]] was prodded for deletion. I deprodded it. [[Special:Contributions/76.66.193.119|76.66.193.119]] ([[User talk:76.66.193.119|talk]]) 04:38, 23 July 2010 (UTC)

==File:Pluto.jpg==
FYI, [[:File:Pluto.jpg]] has been nominated for deletion at [[WP:FFD]]. [[Special:Contributions/76.66.193.119|76.66.193.119]] ([[User talk:76.66.193.119|talk]]) 05:44, 7 August 2010 (UTC)

:Well technically [[Wikipedia:Files_for_deletion/2010_August_6#File:Charon_plutoface.png|Charon is also along for the ride]]. -- [[User:Kheider|Kheider]] ([[User talk:Kheider|talk]]) 06:09, 7 August 2010 (UTC)

Now [[:File:Pluto-map-hs-2010-06-c180.jpg]] may blow up after all.  Mike Brown would be happy. Yikes... -- [[User:Kheider|Kheider]] ([[User talk:Kheider|talk]]) 18:20, 7 August 2010 (UTC)

== Another look at minor planets naming conventions? Good idea? ==

I'm wondering if it might be a good idea to take another look at the minor planets naming conventions (which judging by the reference on the [[WP:NCASTRO|naming conventions page]] to [[Talk:Dwarf planet/Naming]] were last hashed out in 2006, when the Pluto issue was a lot more current), I'm not particularly sure some of them are a good idea or not (particularly since if, say, [[90482 Orcus]] gets promoted to a [[dwarf planet]] it will necessitate an article move, despite the 90482 Orcus name remaining perfectly valid and unambiguous). But then again if the reaction here to that suggestion is along the lines of "oh gods not again" I won't bother... [[User:Icalanise|Icalanise]] ([[User talk:Icalanise|talk]]) 19:08, 13 August 2010 (UTC)

== Using [[ESA]] images ==

I'm wondering about the policy on using ESA science images.  There are hardly any posted (I did find [[:File:VenusExpress-SouthernHemisphere-CloudAltitude.jpg | a special publicity image]] on the [[Venus Express]] page), but I haven't found a single ordinary science image.  I posted an [[Mars Express#Mars Express Instruments | HRSC]] [[:File:MarsGlacier.png | image]] of the glacier recently discovered east of [[Hellas]] in the [[Geology of Mars#Glaciers and ice ages | glaciers section of the Geology of Mars]] page, but I was warned I might be violating copyright.  I downloaded the image from the ESA ftp site and ran it through ArcGIS to stretch it and make a PNG (Wikipedia doesn't like IMGs, of course).  All the science images are released freely to the public with the sole caveat that ESA must be cited (and consulted if the image is being used in an advertisement).  I'm pretty certain that ESA would like its images to be used on Wikipedia.  Just to be clear, I'm not talking about ESA's publicity images, but the raw mission data ESA makes available for scientists worldwide to use.

Does anyone know what the policy is on using these images?  And if so, could someone help me design an appropriate tag?[[User:Rppeabody|Rppeabody]] ([[User talk:Rppeabody|talk]]) 23:03, 19 August 2010 (UTC)

:ESA as a rule does not release images into the public domain, and retains full copyright on their images. They may say that it's fine for educational and informational use, but that's no where near the same as being released into public domain or anything else. Read [http://www.esa.int/esa-mmg/mmgdownload.pl this terms and conditions] page for an explanation of what can and can't be done. The best we could hope for is using an ESA image under fair use, which is not possible if a free version of a subject could be obtained somehow. Thus, neither of the two images you mentioned have correct licenses. I'm going to nominate the one on Commons for deletion, but I'll leave the local file to the folks here, whether they think it useful enough to try for fair use, or if it should be deleted. <span style="white-space:nowrap; text-shadow:gray 5px 3px 1px;">— [[User:Huntster|Huntster]] <small>([[User talk:Huntster|t]] [[Special:Emailuser/Huntster|@]] [[Special:Contributions/Huntster|c]])</small></span> 01:23, 20 August 2010 (UTC)

::Thanks for your help.  I'm aware that the publicity images in the ESA Portal Multimedia Gallery have various restrictions on their use (which you linked to).  These are special images and animations created and edited by ESA's promotional staff.  But (and I probably should've been clearer about this) I was referring to the raw data released to the scientific community through the [http://www.rssd.esa.int/index.php?project=PSA PSA site].  On that site, the only information I could find about copyright restrictions was:  "All data from ESA's planetary missions have a proprietary period, usually between 6 and 12 months. During this time, the data are only available to instrument team members. At the close of the proprietary period, the data are released and made available to any user via the PSA."  They also ask that the instrument team be acknowledged in any scientific publication.  It seems to me that, although the publicity images cannot be posted, the raw data can be.  I've written to the PSA team to ask their permission, and I will post a response if I receive one.[[User:Rppeabody|Rppeabody]] ([[User talk:Rppeabody|talk]]) 20:21, 25 August 2010 (UTC)

:As an addendum, Commons editors have appealed to ESA several times in the past to release images under a free license, or to specially release this or that image under such a license, and ESA has always denied such requests. That should make it even more clear that ESA does not release media under Commons-compatible licenses. <span style="white-space:nowrap; text-shadow:gray 5px 3px 1px;">— [[User:Huntster|Huntster]] <small>([[User talk:Huntster|t]] [[Special:Emailuser/Huntster|@]] [[Special:Contributions/Huntster|c]])</small></span> 02:09, 20 August 2010 (UTC)

== 40MP featured picture of saturn looking for a home or the garbage press ==

[[File:Saturn from Cassini Orbiter (2004-10-06).jpg|thumb|400px|]]

It will get delisted (i.e. lose its FP status) if it's not used in any articles. Thanks. [[User:Papa Lima Whiskey|<span style="color: #cc2200;">Papa Lima Whiskey</span>]] ([[User talk:Papa Lima Whiskey|talk]]) 18:48, 26 August 2010 (UTC)
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== Cardinal directions on astronomical objects ==

I removed a section from the top of the article [[Cardinal direction]] which implied that the north pole of an astronomical body was defined by the sense of rotation (right-hand rule). As far as I am aware this is not the usual case, I found references to the IAU defining the north pole as the pole that lies above the [[invariable plane]] in 1970. Would appreciate some input on this from those more knowledgeable in matters of solar system cartography. Discussion at [[Talk:Cardinal direction/Archive 1#The IAU does not define north by the rotation sense]]. [[User:Icalanise|Icalanise]] ([[User talk:Icalanise|talk]]) 20:56, 29 August 2010 (UTC)

== "This page is not meant to be viewed directly" ==

What is the purpose of the italicized text on some lists that reads "This page is not meant to be viewed directly" and why are there duplicate lists without that heading both within the article namespace? It kind of seems redundant and I don't quite get the point. Someone on [[WP:VPP]] recommended I bring the question up here. An example article being [[Meanings of minor planet names: 100001–101000]].--[[Special:Contributions/173.58.234.86|173.58.234.86]] ([[User talk:173.58.234.86|talk]]) 02:22, 14 September 2010 (UTC)
:As the responder at the VPP, I am reading this as placing a single-use template in mainspace, and unnecessarily so.  I'm struggling to understand why some of these meanings of minor planet names articles were set up in this fashion, and why they can't be merged. [[User:Resolute|Reso]][[User Talk:Resolute|lute]] 02:26, 14 September 2010 (UTC)

== Solar System articles have been selected for the Wikipedia 0.8 release ==

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== [[Moons of Neptune]] ==

I nominated this article for Featured List status. The review page is [[Wikipedia:Featured_list_candidates/Moons_of_Neptune/archive1|here]]. [[User:Ruslik0|Ruslik]]_[[User Talk:Ruslik0|<span style="color:red">Zero</span>]] 19:03, 19 October 2010 (UTC)

== [[Earth's shadow]] will soon be a DYK ==

If anyone feels like taking a look at this new little article, please see if you think it's OK. I hope it can be a DYK without being embarrassing. Thanks, [[User:Invertzoo|Invertzoo]] ([[User talk:Invertzoo|talk]]) 02:26, 22 October 2010 (UTC)

== [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Space#Future_role_of_this_project Future role of WP:Space] ==

There's a discussion going on over at WikiProject Space after concerns have been raised over a number of organisation issues, many of which have been laid out over at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Human_spaceflight#Project_banners WikiProject Human spaceflight].  Feel free to provide any input as this concerns all projects currently within the scope of WP:Space. [[User:ChiZeroOne|ChiZeroOne]] ([[User talk:ChiZeroOne|talk]]) 22:44, 21 November 2010 (UTC)

== FLRC ==

I have nominated [[Timeline of discovery of Solar System planets and their moons]] for [[Wikipedia:Featured list removal candidates/Timeline of discovery of Solar System planets and their moons/archive1|featured list removal here]]. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets the [[WP:WIAFL|featured list criteria]]. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks; editors may declare to "Keep" or "Delist" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are [[Wikipedia:Featured list removal candidates|here]]. [[User:The Rambling Man|The Rambling Man]] ([[User talk:The Rambling Man|talk]]) 13:53, 28 November 2010 (UTC)

==Reorganisation of space WikiProjects==
There is a discussion at [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Space/2010 Reorganisation]] regarding the future of [[WP:WikiProject Space|WikiProject Space]] and its child projects. The discussion is aimed at defining the roles of projects, and improving the activity and coordination of the projects. The input of members of this project is requested as it is one which may be affected by the issue. --'''''[[User:GW Simulations|<span style="color: #115566;">G</span>]][[User talk:GW_Simulations|<span style="color: #496636;">W</span>]]'''''[[Special:Contributions/GW_Simulations|…]] 22:29, 28 November 2010 (UTC)