Wiki143:WikiProject Astronomical objects/Infoboxes small solar system bodies
Minor planets (asteroids, comets, Kuiperoids, etc)
| Template:Tl | Template:Tl |
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{{minor planet|
| name = 14 Irene
| e = 0.168
| i = 9.106
| q = 2.150 AU
| omega = 96.473
| a = 2.585
| asc_node=86.493
| Q = 3.020
| M = 326.489
| P= 4.16
| n = ?
| TP =?
}}
|
{{ Minor Planet |
| name=14 Irene
| discoverer=[[John Russell Hind]]
| discovery_date=[[May 19]], [[1851]]
| designations=A906 QC;<br/>A913 EA;<br/>1952 TM
| category=[[Main belt]]
| epoch=[[July 14]], [[2004]] ([[Julian day|JD]] 2453200.5)
| semimajor=386.730 [[1 E9 m|Gm]] (2.585 [[Astronomical unit|AU]])
| perihelion=321.602 Gm (2.150 AU)
| aphelion=451.858 Gm (3.020 AU)
| eccentricity=0.168
| period=1518.176 [[day|d]] (4.16 [[Julian year (astronomy)|a]])
| inclination=9.106°
| arg_peri=96.473°
| asc_node=86.493°
| mean_anomaly=326.489°
| speed=18.52 km/s
| dimensions=181.8 km <sup>[http://spiff.rit.edu/richmond/parallax/phot/LCSUMPUB.TXT]</sup>
| mass=6.3×10<sup>18</sup> kg
| density=2 ? g/cm³
| gravity=0.051 m/s²
| escape_velocity=0.096 km/s
| rotation=0.6275 d <sup>[http://www.psi.edu/pds/archive/lc.html]</sup>
| spectral_class=[[S-type asteroid]] <sup>[http://spiff.rit.edu/richmond/parallax/phot/LCSUMPUB.TXT]
| abs_mag=6.30
| albedo=0.160 <sup>[http://spiff.rit.edu/richmond/parallax/phot/LCSUMPUB.TXT]</sup>
| temperature=~234 [[kelvin|K]] }}
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The example on the far right is the recommended table format for minor planets —note the recommended unit links. It is generated by the Template:Tl template (now replaced by the Template:Tl with the minorplanet flag; see below). The template has an optional astron argument whose default value is helion; this allows its use to describe asteroid moons, as in the [[S/2000 (1998 WW31) 1|S/2000 (Template:Mp) 1]] example.
Urhixidur wrote a nifty Windows tool that can greatly facilitate preparation of these. The most recent version can be downloaded from http://www.bigfoot.com/~D.U.Thibault (at the bottom of the page, under the heading "Delphi 7 and Wikipedia").
A more compact form of this with just the orbital elements is on the near right Template:Tl (note the lower case 'p'). The two are incompatible at the moment, something which Nicholas intends to fix one day.
A few short-hand templates are useful when dealing with asteroids with provisional designations. They are Template:mp, Template:mpl, and Template:mpl-. Mpl ("minor planet link") is used to write a link, like so {{mpl|(15874) 1996 TL|66}} = Template:Mpl, whilst mp ("minor planet") saves you from typing <sub></sub> if you'd rather not: {{mp|(15874) 1996 TL|66}} = Template:Mp. Mpl- is used with numbered asteroids that have kept (so far) their provisional designations: {{mpl-|15760|1992 QB|1}} = Template:Mpl- instead of Template:Mpl.
- Template:Small Solar System bodies
- Template:Minor planets navigator – sequential navigator for numbered minor planets Template:Crossreference
- Template:PeriodicComets Navigator – sequential navigator for periodic comets
- Template:Dwarf planets - for dwarf planets and candidates
Particularly useful are Template:Tl and Script error: No such module "Navbox".. Scroll down beyond the table to the right to see examples of these. Template:MinorPlanets Navigator Script error: No such module "Navbox".
Replacement template: Script error: No such module "infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Comets
Template:Comet As discussed above, comets might be served better by a different template. Here is a suggestion for Template:Tl we can toy with until we are happy with it. Awolf002 00:23, 5 December 2005 (UTC)