Talk:Mariner 2

Use of standard units
There are several places in the article where non-standard units are used. For example, the bare symbol 'μ' is used for microns (i.e., micrometers), where SI 'μm' is correct. A notation 'γ' (identified as "10-5 gauss") is used, rather than the SI nanotesla (nT). The energy unit "Kev" should be written "keV" (for "kilo-electron volt").

As I have not contributed to Wikipedia before, I don't feel comfortable editing the article text directly, without some feedback from the original author or editorial group. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kelseymh (talk • contribs) 05:49, 14 December 2012 (UTC)

Go where you have not been before. Be WP:Bold. Everyone has to start somewhere. Robvanvee (talk) 15:12, 14 December 2012 (UTC)

Done, only eleven months late. :-/ Thanks for the vote of confidence.Kelseymh (talk) 04:13, 15 November 2013 (UTC)

Results - Scientific Observations
The first paragraph of this section regarding scientific observations states that, "The scans with the 19 mm band revealed peak temperatures of 490°K ± 11°C on the dark side, 595°K ± 12°C near the terminator, and 511°K ± 14°C on the light side." However, we know today that the mean surface temperature on Venus is 464°C. Therefore, the temperatures being reported in the article are incorrect and need to be revised to degrees Celsius and not degrees Kelvin. - C. Remley, August 27, 2013.


 * Oops; for some reason I want to associate all the Mariner flights with Mars, though some went to Venus. Mea culpa. JustinTime55 (talk) 15:32, 28 August 2013 (UTC)

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Got it to B class!
Using a lot of verbiage I developed for Mariner 1, this article is now a B class. Eventually, I will get it to GA and maybe even FA, which it deserves. But not today... --Neopeius (talk) 03:23, 25 July 2022 (UTC)

Smithsonian has some good CC0 photos of the engineering model
https://www.si.edu/object/engineering-model-mariner-2:nasm_A19760027000

©Geni (talk) 16:17, 15 April 2023 (UTC)


 * uploaded, thanks! Artem.G (talk) 19:30, 15 April 2023 (UTC)