Talk:List of asteroid close approaches to Earth in 2017

Table improvement
I'd like to improve display space usage and reduce repetition in tables. E.g., has this:

which I'd like to improve to:

If there were such a thing as a &mu;AU in common usage, that column could come down to 4 digits, and be easier for humans to parse as integers ~100–2000. Or maybe label it "10-6 AU"? Note, BTW, that the sorting of that column doesn't currently work, probably because of the converted values. A nice template could be created for the rows to eliminate alot of the wiki markup currently required. —[ Alan M 1  (talk) ]— 09:55, 31 March 2020 (UTC)


 * I think it is better when the AU conversion is done by an automated formula as people are often wrong. -- Kheider (talk) 14:52, 31 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Yes, that's my intent. With the source data from the SBDB in AU, a row might look like:
 * It would calculate the MPC and SBDB source refs and the distances in km, mi, and LD. —[ Alan M 1  (talk) ]— 16:47, 31 March 2020 (UTC)
 * It would calculate the MPC and SBDB source refs and the distances in km, mi, and LD. —[ Alan M 1  (talk) ]— 16:47, 31 March 2020 (UTC)