Talk:Quaoar

Ring discovery section
There seems to be something going on with some WP:NPOV editing on the discovery section of the rings system. There have been multiple edits reverted adding specific names, and in the last case, simply descriptions of some discovery members, which does not originate from the cited references in the immediate vicinity of the statement. Can someone please discuss what's going on? Tarl N. ( discuss ) 22:51, 21 April 2023 (UTC)
 * I've addressed this. Please see User talk:Astronut247. Nrco0e (talk) 02:50, 22 April 2023 (UTC)
 * The reference you added does not (contrary to the recent edit) say independent citizen astronomer, nor does it state that Langersek was the first to observe the Q1R ring, or is credited with the discovery. It's a 21-page paper, and I only scanned it, but I saw in Figure 1 the reference to "citizen astronomer", without the emphasized "independent" that was recently inserted. I'm concerned in that the pattern of edits from User:Astronut247 seems to reflect a personal attachment to inserting credit for particular individuals - that often suggests WP:NPOV or WP:COI. The combative edit history remarks add to that impression.
 * Is it notable that the citizen astronomers were independent? So notable that it's necessary to characterize as "highly relevant"? Is the citizen astronomer credited with that discovery? I see their name in the author list, one of several dozen authors, is there a specific reason to call them out in the text of the wikipedia article? Tarl N. ( discuss ) 04:36, 22 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Hm, I see why now. Now that you've pointed out the "independent" part, I've gone on to search for references for that specific detail, to no avail. So I've removed that. I also see that there isn't much media commentary about the citizen scientists' work. I believe the sentiment of citizen scientists having discovered the ring first most likely originated from this thread from the IOTA mailing list for occultation astronomers, which of course include the citizen scientists that were involved in the discovery of Quaoar's ring. Nrco0e (talk) 04:52, 22 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Interesting. As a WP:PRIMARY source, probably shouldn't be cited, unfortunately. I'm concerned about the Astronut247's use of phrases "cover-up", "interference", "discredit", "serious matter", "subservient to no one". This isn't the place to WP:RIGHTGREATWRONGS, setting the record straight after mainstream media has failed (in the opinion of an editor, as seems to be the case here). It's an interesting story, but the specifics of individuals involved in the discovery is not critical to understanding 50000 Quaoar or its ring system. Tarl N. ( discuss ) 05:07, 22 April 2023 (UTC)

Unit choice in the "escape velocity" section
The units given in the "escape velocity" section are m/s^2, but this is a unit of acceleration, not velocity. I think the correct unit here is km/s, but I'm not certain enough to make the edit. Does anyone have a source for this number? Timleach635 (talk) 10:31, 19 March 2024 (UTC)

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