Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Astronomy

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Astronomy

Multidimensional singularity

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Seems to be an editor (Alexander Klimets) presenting their own research as a Wikipedia article; but his research doesn't seem to have received any attention so far[1] (listed on Google Scholar, but no citations[2]). Fram (talk) 11:23, 22 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Astronomy-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 12:35, 22 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete fails GNG. Scholar yields ~35 hits for "multidimensional singularity"; none are secondary sources about this formulation of the term. Articles are mostly about topology, image processing, and mathematics, not physics. Google hits are mostly stock images. Anerdw (talk) 16:09, 22 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Mathematics-related deletion discussions. WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 19:15, 22 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing

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In 16 years this article has expanded to little more than a single sentence. Notability is not currently demonstrated - the only citation is the official website, a primary source. – numbermaniac 08:02, 22 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Organizations, Education, Astronomy, and Australia. Shellwood (talk) 08:35, 22 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect to Swinburne University of Technology. Individual research centres within universities are rarely independently notable, and I couldn't find anything to suggest that this one is an exception. MCE89 (talk) 11:37, 22 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Kepler-66

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Fails WP:NASTRO. No significant coverage about this as an individual object. Far below naked eye, only "discovered" in 2013, no unique or particularly unusual properties. Lithopsian (talk) 19:29, 16 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Astronomy-related deletion discussions. Lithopsian (talk) 19:29, 16 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Along with Kepler-67, this is one of two stars in an open cluster that were found to host planets in 2013; the discovery paper oddly isn't cited in the current article. There's not much individual coverage, but it's of interest and has been discussed as part of a group (planets in open clusters). One option might be to merge to NGC 6811, the cluster it's part of. SevenSpheres (talk) 19:53, 16 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete, notability can't be determined. 21 Andromedae (talk) 11:03, 18 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I would oppose deletion as there are multiple possible targets for a merge or redirect - NGC 6811 as well as List of exoplanets discovered in 2013. SevenSpheres (talk) 16:09, 18 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect to List of exoplanets discovered in 2013 – As WP:ATD. Svartner (talk) 18:57, 19 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Astronomy proposed deletions

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