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== Minor planets (asteroids, comets, Kuiperoids, etc) ==
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|- style="text-align:center;"
! {{tl|minor planet}}
! {{tl|Minor Planet}}
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|<pre style="overflow:auto; width:22em">
{{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 =?
}}</pre>
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<pre style="overflow:auto; width:22em">{{ 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]] }}</pre>
|}
The example on the far right is the recommended table format for minor planets &mdash;note the recommended unit links. It is generated by the {{tl|Minor Planet}} template (now replaced by the {{tl|Infobox Planet}} with the <code>minorplanet</code> 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 ({{mp|1998 WW|31}}) 1]] example.

[[User:Urhixidur|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 {{tl|Minor planet}} (note the lower case 'p').
The two are incompatible at the moment, something which [[User:Nickshanks|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 <code><nowiki>{{mpl|(15874) 1996 TL|66}}</nowiki></code> = {{mpl|(15874) 1996 TL|66}}, whilst mp ("minor planet") saves you from typing &lt;sub>&lt;/sub> if you'd rather not: <code><nowiki>{{mp|(15874) 1996 TL|66}}</nowiki></code> = {{mp|(15874) 1996 TL|66}}. Mpl- is used with numbered asteroids that have kept (so far) their provisional designations: <code><nowiki>{{mpl-|15760|1992 QB|1}}</nowiki></code> = {{mpl-|15760|1992 QB|1}} instead of {{mpl|(15760) 1992 QB|1}}.

===Footers===
* [[Template:Small Solar System bodies]]
** [[Template:Minor planets navigator]] – sequential navigator for numbered minor planets {{crossreference|(see [[LOMP]])}}
** [[Template:PeriodicComets Navigator]] – sequential navigator for periodic comets
** [[Template:Dwarf planets]] - for dwarf planets and [[List of possible dwarf planets|candidates]]

Particularly useful are {{tl|Minor planets navigator}} and {{Small Solar System bodies}}. Scroll down beyond the table to the right to see examples of these.
{{MinorPlanets Navigator|13 Egeria|PageName=14 Irene|15 Eunomia}}
{{Small Solar System bodies}}

'''Replacement template:'''
{{Infobox planet | discovery=yes | physical_characteristics = yes | bgcolour=#FFFFC0 |
| name=14 Irene
| discoverer=[[John Russell Hind]]
| discovered=May 19, 1851
| alt_names=A906 QC;<br/>A913 EA;<br/>1952 TM
| mp_category=[[Main belt]]
 | orbit_ref=<ref name=jpldata>{{cite web
  |date=2008-04-14 <!--last obs-->
  |title=JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 14 Irene
  |url=http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=14
  |accessdate=2008-11-27}}</ref>
| 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°
| avg_speed=18.52 km/s
| dimensions=167x153x139km<ref name=Baer/><br>(152km)<ref name=jpldata/>
| mass=8.2{{e|18}} [[kilogram|kg]]<ref name=Baer>{{cite web
  |date=2008
  |title=Recent Asteroid Mass Determinations
  |publisher=Personal Website
  |author=Jim Baer
  |url=http://home.earthlink.net/~jimbaer1/astmass.txt
  |accessdate=2008-11-27}}</ref>
| density=4.42±1.59 g/[[cubic centimetre|cm³]]<ref name=Baer/>
| surface_grav=0.051 m/s²
| escape_velocity=0.096 km/s
| rotation=0.6275 d (15.06 h)<ref name=jpldata/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.psi.edu/pds/archive/lc.html |title=Asteroid Lightcurve Paramaters |accessdate= 2008-11-03 |publisher=Planetary Science Institute |archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20060614093519/http://www.psi.edu/pds/archive/lc.html |archivedate=2006-06-14 }}</ref>
| spectral_type=[[S-type asteroid]]<ref name=jpldata/>
| magnitude = 8.84 <!-- Horizons 2009-Apr-19 --> to 12.25
| abs_magnitude=6.30<ref name=jpldata/>
| albedo=0.159<ref name=jpldata/>
| angular_size = 0.17" <!-- Horizons 2009-Apr-19 --> to 0.052"
| single_temperature=~170 [[kelvin|K]] }}

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===Comets===
{{ Comet |
| name=[[9P/Tempel]]; Tempel 1
| image=[[File:Tempel 1 (PIA02127).jpg|250px]]<br>Nucleus imaged by the [[Deep Impact (spacecraft)|Deep Impact]] impactor
| discoverer=[[Ernst Wilhelm Leberecht Tempel]]
| discovery_date=[[April 3]], [[1867]]
| designations=9P/1867 G1; 1867 II;<br/>9P/1873 G1; 1873 I; 1873a<br/>1879 III; 1879b<br/>9P/1967 L1; 1966 VII<br/>9P/1972 A1; 1972 V; 1972a<br/>1978 II; 1977i<br/>1983 XI; 1982j<br/>1989 I; 1987e1<br/>1994 XIX; 1993c
| epoch=[[March 6]], [[2006]]
| semimajor=3.122 [[Astronomical Unit|AU]]
| perihelion=1.506 AU
| aphelion=4.737 AU
| eccentricity=0.5175
| period=5.515 [[Julian year (astronomy)|a]]
| inclination= 10.5301°
| last_p=[[July 5]], [[2005]]
| next_p=[[2011]]
}}
As discussed above, [[comet]]s might be served better by a different template. Here is a suggestion for {{tl|Comet}} we can toy with until we are happy with it. [[User:Awolf002|Awolf002]] 00:23, 5 December 2005 (UTC)

{{PeriodicComets Navigator|8P/Tuttle|PageName=9P/Tempel|10P/Tempel}}