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Polydeuces (moon)

Whence the orbital details (inclination, etc.)?

Urhixidur 00:22, 2005 Feb 25 (UTC)

(Copy of answer received through e-mail):

The orbital elements come from C. C. Porco et al. Cassini Imaging Science: Initial Results on Saturn's Rings and Small Satellites. Science, Vol 307, Issue 5713, 1226-1236 , 25 February 2005, http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/short/307/5713/1226

Volcanopele

I've added the reference to the page's links. Thanks.

Urhixidur 02:22, 2005 Mar 1 (UTC)

Hi, similar question to above. It'd be great to include some kind of reference for the improved diameter estimate. If it's not put in, it becomes a bane a year or two down the track because it can become hard to track down where it came from, and doubts appear :-) Deuar 22:38, 30 May 2006 (UTC)

Done and Done. I should also note that recent disk resolved images seemed to confirm this size, which I what reminded me to change that number.--Volcanopele 22:59, 30 May 2006 (UTC)

That was fast! By the way thanks for all the excellent research on Saturn's icy moons you Cassini guys have been doing, and the way it's released rapidly to the public. It's really appreciated. Deuar 23:11, 30 May 2006 (UTC)

Enceladus

Just wanted to commend you on the great job you've done on not only the Enceladus article itself, but the pages for its surface features! I think they are an example that the rest of the surface feature pages should be worked on to match. Keep up the great work! --Patteroast 17:34, 17 July 2005 (UTC)

Congratulations on getting this to featured status. Great article, I enjoyed reading it. --BillC 16:20, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

Hi, I noticed you cropped the Enceladus image even further (which is fine, though I prefer at least some blackness around it), but what strikes me is the image appears much sharper. Did you sharpen it, because I already applied a smart sharpen in Photoshop CS2? This just looks too excessive even for my taste, it's starting to get that Voyager processing feel to it. Ugo 07:01, 24 October 2006 (UTC)

I can revert it, no problem. The sharpening is meant to remove some of the smoothing effects caused by the PSF, I'll let you mess with that to your liking. I trimmed it so it would work better as the title image. --Volcanopele 18:03, 24 October 2006 (UTC)

Alright, a new cropped version is up, but without additional sharpening as it was already sharpened (the "smart sharpen" filter used actually does something similar to deconvolution). Ugo 20:35, 24 October 2006 (UTC)

Good job on the Enceladus-related articles from me, too. I've been doing a lot of cleanup and reorganization related to planetary surface features lately and I was surprised to find that wee little Enceladus was the most thoroughly written-about of Saturn's moons, at least as far as articles about surface features go. Was expecting Titan to be getting all the attention. :) Bryan Derksen (talk) 04:11, 4 April 2008 (UTC)

newly named Uranus moons

Hello, you have recently changed some Uranus moons to the names Cupid, Mab, Perdita, Francisco and Ferdinand. Can you please give me a reference for the naming of these satellites, as i was not able to find an official confirmation.

Thanks, --Gunter.krebs 19:41, 11 December 2005 (UTC)

http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/append7.html contains a list of Satellite names provided by the organization that does the naming. Definitely the first place to check for new official names. Volcanopele 17:56, 12 December 2005 (UTC)

Thank you very much for the info --Gunter.krebs 10:07, 13 December 2005 (UTC)

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Allow me...

		The E=MC² Barnstar
		For your awesome drive of Enceladus (moon) to FA status, I hereby bestow you this EMC² Barnstar! Grafikm 16:23, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

Sweet!! Thank you so much. Now on to another moon... --Volcanopele 19:46, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

How about Titan? Reyk _YO! 23:56, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

• sigh* I might as well. It is on my to-do list. Personally, I'd prefer to start by infusing the other major Saturnian moon articles with Cassini-derived info. The Mimas article doesn't even have some of the best images taken by Cassini of the surface. The Janus article has no image from Cassini. The Titan article is in serious need of rehauling. I have suggested an outline in the talk page, but I haven't had time to implement it. --Volcanopele 00:40, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

Venus

Hi there! I saw the Astronomy collaboration of the week you added to Venus. You might like to know that Venus is currently a featured article candidate. Within the last few weeks, Worldtraveller and I have created a new version, which has been nominated for FA status. You might like to add comments on the current article there. Regards, BillC 21:45, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

• sigh* okay, ACOTW changed to Mars. Thanks for the heads up. --Volcanopele 22:02, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

Eritrea

I was wondering if you would be interested in helping me improve the article Eritrea to FA status? I think it already has plenty of content it just needs to have its language cleared up. If you would I would really appreciate it! Merhawie 18:57, 27 August 2006 (UTC)

Europa (moon)

I like the work youve done on Enceladus, and would like for Europa to become a GA, it needs a copy-edit/cleanup... and you seem to do a good job, reckon you could pop over and have an edit? -- Nbound 05:44, 26 September 2006 (UTC)

Laomedeia?

I noticed the new names on the Neptune's natural satellites page, so I went to add them onto the Timeline of Natural Satellites... after I did so, I noticed the link to Laomedeia redirected to Halimede, by your edit. I'm quite confused by this point. What's going on? --Patteroast 23:03, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

I got confused as to which name applied to S/ 2002 N 1. So I first moved that article to Halimede, then to Laomedeia. When I got an email from the IAU naming group about which names applied to which moons, I moved it back to Halimede. However, because of that incorrect move, Laomedeia redirects to Halimede. For now, use Laomedeia until we can get that fixed. --Volcanopele 23:14, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

I have submitted a request for an uncontroversial move of S/2002 N 3 to Laomedeia (moon). In the meantime, Laomedeia (moon) now redirects to S/2002 N 3, as it should. RandomCritic 09:09, 1 February 2007 (UTC)

The move to Laomedeia (moon) has been completed. RandomCritic 11:37, 3 February 2007 (UTC)

Quaoar's moon and IAUC 8812

You wanted to full text of IAUC 8812. Here it is:

Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams
INTERNATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL UNION
Mailstop 18, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A.
IAUSUBS@CFA.HARVARD.EDU or FAX 617-495-7231 (subscriptions)
CBAT@CFA.HARVARD.EDU (science)
URL http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/cbat.html  ISSN 0081-0304
Phone 617-495-7440/7244/7444 (for emergency use only)
SATELLITES OF 2003 AZ_84, (50000), (55637), AND (90482)
     M. E. Brown and T.-A. Suer, California Institute of Technology,
report the discoveries of four satellites of large transneptunian
objects from observations with the Hubble Space Telescope High
Resolution Camera (+ F606W filter).  Observations of (55637) 2002
UX_25 on 2005 Aug. 26.64 UT detected a satellite that was 2.5 +/-
0.2 mag fainter than the primary at a separation of 0".164 +/-
0".003 in p.a. 153 +/- 2 degrees.  Observations of (90482) Orcus on
2005 Nov. 13.13 detected a satellite that was 2.7 +/- 1 magnitude
fainter than the primary at a separation of 0".25 +/- 0".01 in p.a.
128 +/- 1 deg.  Observations of 2003 AZ_84 on 2005 Dec. 2.99
detected a satellite that was 5.0 +/- 0.3 mag fainter than the
primary at a separation of 0".22 +/- 0".01 in p.a. 321 +/- 2 deg.
Observations of (50000) Quaoar on 2006 Feb. 14.90 detected a
satellite that was 5.6 +/- 0.2 mag fainter than the primary at a
separation of 0".35 +/- 0".01 in p.a. 110 +/- 1 deg.
V1281 SCORPII
     H. Naito and S. Narusawa, Nishi-Harima Astronomical
Observatory; and H. Yamaoka, Kyushu University, report that a
low-resolution spectrogram (range 410-670 nm; resolution 1600 at
H_alpha) of the possible nova reported on IAUC 8810 was obtained on
Feb. 21.84 UT with the 2.0-m NAYUTA telescope (+ MALLS).  The
spectrum shows a broad H_alpha line with a P-Cyg profile (the FWHM
of the emission component is about 1800 km/s), along with many
other weaker lines, indicating that the star is indeed a classical
nova.  A narrow Na I D absorption feature suggests the existence of
considerable interstellar reddening.  Yamaoka adds that Y. Fujita
(Kuma-Kogen, Ehime, Japan) made a prediscovery CCD image of the
area of the nova with a Nikon D50 camera (+ 105-mm f/2 camera lens)
on Feb. 18.850, and the nova was not visible to limiting mag 11.6.
     N. N. Samus, Institute of Astronomy, Russian Academy of
Sciences, reports that this nova has been given the designation
V1281 Sco.
V1280 SCORPII
     C. Buil, Castanet, France, reports that an optical spectrogram
of V1280 Sco obtained on Feb. 20.20 UT using a 0.28-m Schmidt-
Cassegrain telescope (+ Lhires spectrograph) shows an H_alpha P-Cyg
profile and a FWHM of 730 km/s; the intensity of the H_alpha peak
intensity is 2.3 times the local 670-nm continuum.  CCD magnitudes
by J. D. West, Mulvane, KS:  Feb. 21.467 UT, H = 2.87 +/- 0.06;
21.483, V = 4.73 +/- 0.01.
2007 February 22               (8812)            Daniel W. E. Green

regards, Chesnok 13:17, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

Sweet, thanks a bunch! Not sure how to turn that info into something for the Quaoar article. I think it at least mentions that Quaoar has a moon. --Volcanopele 18:27, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

Io (moon)

I noticed it was languishing in the list of former featured articles and popped over to buck it up a bit, but you seem to have rescued it already. I've given it a bit of a copy-edit and knocked out some redundancy, but it seems in good shape. Are you planning on expanding it further (I don't see that it is lacking anything), or shall we send it back to FAC? Cheers Yomangani 13:01, 25 May 2007 (UTC)

There are a few things that can be added. The most important section that needs fixing is the "Interaction with Magnetosphere" section. Right now, it is just copied from the old article that seemed to refer to that interaction, but more needs to be added on the Io Flux Tube, the Sodium cloud, the Io plasma torus, and Io's effects on Jupiter's magnetosphere in general. Being a geologist and NOT as plasma physicist makes this a difficult section for me to write. Once that section gets cleaned up, and maybe the atmosphere section as well, I would like to send this to a peer review first, as well as get some input from some of my fellow Io researchers. --Volcanopele 16:13, 25 May 2007 (UTC)

Perhaps the "Interaction with Magnetosphere" could stand a tiny expansion but I'd be wary of writing what should be a separate article in there. I'm not sure the Atmosphere section needs anything adding. How do you feel about the cite templates for references? There are a few inconsistencies in the citations that they would iron out but I know not everybody is a fan of them. (and if I haven't made it clear, I think it's an impressive piece of work - halfway through copy-editing I suddenly thought "I bet it is up at FAC already" and was surprised when I didn't see the banner on the talk page). Yomangani 17:02, 25 May 2007 (UTC)

Well, I don't think we need to go as long as a separate article, though that makes me wary of expanding some of the other section for fear we would be entering that territory. I certainly feel though that "Volcanism on Io" should have an article all its own. --Volcanopele 17:14, 25 May 2007 (UTC)

WRT the cite templates, I don't think they are perfect, and prefer to use my own style, based loosely on the Science magazine format, with article titles included to act as an anchor for links. So one of the things that also needs to get fixed is to use a common citation format. However, I understand the need for them, top maintain some style consistency across Misplaced Pages, and will use them for that reason. --Volcanopele 17:27, 25 May 2007 (UTC)

Polydeuces

Hello !

At the end of Talk:Polydeuces_(moon)#For_the_Record_..._from_Carolyn_Porco, User:Rebjon21 seems to suggest that the article mention the team only and be unblocked. Do I understand that this satisfies you ? If no objection is made, the article will be unprotected shortly, which is somewhat overdue.

Thank you in advance and good continuation. Rama 18:39, 14 July 2007 (UTC)

Barnstar

		The E=mc² Barnstar
		I just nominated Io (moon) for FA status and wanted to give you the recognition you deserved for getting it up to code. Serendipodous 13:34, 23 July 2007 (UTC)

Sweet! Thanks. --Volcanopele 22:07, 25 July 2007 (UTC)

Cryovolcano

Sorry to have to ask this, but are you sure that image is from Torola Macula? I got that image from a page claiming it was Genesa Macula, but it could have been wrong. Serendious 19:27, 28 August 2007 (UTC)

Yes, I am 100% positive that that is Tortola Facula :) Ganesa Macula and Tortola Facula The page for Ganesa Macula has the correct image from Cassini RADAR. --Volcanopele 20:44, 28 August 2007 (UTC)

Titan

Could you give Titan another read-though? Let me know if we've addressed your concerns. Thx. Serendious 11:07, 6 September 2007 (UTC)

Uranus

This article is currently a FA candidate. Since you are an expert in planetary sciences, may I ask you to review Uranus? Comments can be left here. Ruslik 13:14, 13 September 2007 (UTC)

HI!!

Hi Volcanopele, my name is Oscar and I´m from Mexico. I´m doing an english high school project that consists on doing an essay of the main characteristics of a foreign university. First of all,I would like to know if you are able to help me with the information I could need in this project. By the way, I will really appreciate your help, read you later...ciao. Yacopop 01:20, 17 September 2007 (UTC)YacopopYacopop 01:20, 17 September 2007 (UTC)

Space Collaboration of the Week

Your name was found on a list of people interested in participating in the "Astronomy Collaboration of the Week", a project which ran for a short time in 2006. This project has been reactivated as a space collaboration of the week. If you are interested, please could you help us with this project. Thanks -- GW_SimulationsUser Page | Talk 20:57, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

Would you be interested in visiting global cooling?

I've got a frustrating situation over at global cooling where the global warming crowd are denying that there's anybody currently holding that we're in the lead in for a bout of global cooling. Whether we are or not is beyond me but it's rather obvious from even a cursory google search that some people do believe it so. They don't want to talk about it. They don't want to give any reason for challenging. It's the same old run around of asking for sources for everything including where the sun rises and challenging the sourcing until one gives up. Global Cooling is interesting because it's not structured as entirely a science article but rather a combination science and popular press article. They're denying that the popular press has any articles on it. TMLutas (talk) 01:17, 12 October 2008 (UTC)

Volcanism on Io FAC

Hey VP, I forgot to ask this earlier, but would you mind if I co-sponsored the FAC? — Huntster (t • @ • c) 03:06, 13 October 2008 (UTC)

No problem, you have helped a lot on this article. --Volcanopele (talk) 04:11, 13 October 2008 (UTC)

Congrats VP, Volcanism on Io is now in the Featured Article class! — Huntster (t • @ • c) 22:14, 19 October 2008 (UTC)

Just thought I'd throw in my congrats as well. The article looks great! - Yohhans 19:06, 22 October 2008 (UTC)

VP, thought I'd let you know, the Volcanism on Io article on November 10, 2008. Yay! — Huntster (t • @ • c) 05:25, 4 November 2008 (UTC)

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Dysnomia

Volcanopele, where do the figures for eccentricity and inclination come from that you added to Dysnomia back in June 2007 ? I have just read the reference fully, but there are no figures for eccentricity and inclination included in that reference. --Franklin Demenge (talk) 14:42, 3 August 2009 (UTC)

Erdos number

Congrats on the improvement of your Erdos number! :D — Huntster (t @ c) 00:00, 14 October 2009 (UTC)

LOL, wow you caught that. Yeah, just found out that an earlier co-author of mine, Jack Wisdom, has an Erdos number of 4, which is smaller than what I previously used as a reference, Carl Sagan, who I'm two papers removed from. --Volcanopele (talk) 00:15, 14 October 2009 (UTC)

VIMS Titan specular reflection observation

Just curious - what body of liquid (if known) is the reflection off, and is there a reference for that? Thanks, WolfmanSF (talk) 09:18, 18 December 2009 (UTC)

It is at a lake located at 71N, 337W, just west of Kraken Mare, according to the NASA/JPL Press release. This relatively large lake (230x70 km) doesn't currently have a name. The lake can be seen in the USGS/Cassini RADAR labeled map of the north polar region to the lower left of the areas labeled Kraken Mare. --Volcanopele (talk) 10:37, 18 December 2009 (UTC)

Discovery date for Ganymede

Would you be interested in updating the dates for the Galilean satellites in Timeline of discovery of Solar System planets and their moons with appropriate references? RandomCritic (talk) 15:01, 13 January 2010 (UTC)

Fixed. --Volcanopele (talk) 18:31, 13 January 2010 (UTC)

Thanks! RandomCritic (talk) 19:38, 13 January 2010 (UTC)

Edit War on Ganymede

Thankfully, the issue seems to be resolved, but you were edit warring on what was at the time WP:TFA, with six reverts, so I'm bringing this up at WP:AN3. I'm reporting User:Katydidit as well.--Noren (talk) 23:26, 15 January 2010 (UTC)