Talk:List of hypothetical astronomical objects/Archive 1

Rename: List of Hypothetical astronomical objects &rarr; List of hypothetical astronomical objects
This should be renamed for proper capitalization. 132.205.44.134 23:00, 26 September 2006 (UTC)

Thank you for helping me out here. Mrwuggs 15:01, 27 September 2006 (UTC)

Factual Accuracy
Is there a particular part of this article which can be considered factually inaccurate? Although Sitchin's claims are generally accepted as wildly untrue, this does change the accuracy of the fact that he and his supporters make them. The purpose of including obsolete scientific theory and fringe science in wikipedia is obviously not to have it accepted as scientific fact. It is to catalog these theories, right or wrong, for those partys interested in them. If there are issues with sourcing particular claims, this means that this article needs to be sourced, not that its contents is inaccurate. Mrwuggs 15:01, 27 September 2006 (UTC)

Reverted edit
I noticed that this article had been changed to omit the words "infered to exist based on scientific evidence." I have reverted the article for now because all of these objects are understood as at least existing under the premise of science. It may be bad science or fringe science, or obsolete science, but it is science that gave birth to these theories, warped and deluded as they may well be. In the interest that wikipedia remain objective, I believe that this category should retain that phrasing. Mrwuggs 03:53, 28 September 2006 (UTC)

Why was Themisto removed?
This moon was certainly thought to exist but unconfirmed for a long time. Please do not remove things without discussion. Mrwuggs 22:50, 16 October 2006 (UTC)
 * There is a difference between 'hypothetical' and 'unconfirmed'. Since Themisto has been confirmed, by no means is it hypothetical. The terms are quite contradictory to each other. CFLeon 02:25, 29 December 2006 (UTC)
 * If this moon is actually confirmed to exist it no longer needs to be here. Imasleepviking 21:02, 27 January 2007 (UTC)

Mercury's Moon
If you check news reports for the time (March, 1974), you can find that the 'discover' of Mercury's moon did give it a name: he suggested "Charley'; "because I once had a dog named that and I always wanted to name something after the dog". Although it probably was meant as a joke, it was the only name the thing ever got, so it should at least be mentioned. CFLeon 02:25, 29 December 2006 (UTC)