Template talk:Infobox comet

(Predicted
Why does the the comet template say "(predicted)" for the next perihelion? Isn't it obvious that the next one is predicted, not observed? Saros136 (talk) 20:51, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

Dimensions
Could we add a dimensions field like Template:Infobox Planet has? -- Kheider (talk) 19:12, 26 February 2010 (UTC)
 * ✅. My only question is should the size of the nucleus be listed inside of the Orbital characteristics or should there be a separate section for it? -- Kheider (talk) 23:35, 21 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Yeah, that's a good point. Perhaps just throw it up in the first section instead. — Huntster (t @ c) 00:36, 22 August 2014 (UTC)

Physical characteristics
Dimensions and Albedo should probably be in a separate "Physical characteristics" section as they have nothing to do with orbital characteristics. -- Kheider (talk) 14:11, 12 November 2014 (UTC)

Orbital elements not in link
The template links to as a reference for the orbital characteristics. For old comets (like C/1811 F1), but also newer ones like C/1989 (Austin) which aren't observable at the moment, this reference contains no information about the comet. In fact, it has no information for non-periodic comets discovered before 1994, and most comets discovered before 2000 are also missing. This leaves the orbital elements unsourced. I suggest to let the template point to instead which includes data for all comets. --Renerpho (talk) 08:16, 26 March 2018 (UTC)


 * Support. I support Renerpho's proposal. — UnladenSwallow (talk) 23:57, 24 September 2019 (UTC)

Proposal: unify and  parameters as much as possible
— UnladenSwallow (talk) 23:50, 24 September 2019 (UTC)

dimensions
The dimensions parameter is not showing up on infoboxes such as 2P/Encke and needs to be fixed. -- Kheider (talk) 10:42, 2 February 2023 (UTC)

Depreciated parameters?
Going through the list of pages using infobox comet with unknown parameters, I've started to notice that some parameters have been changed or apparently depreciated. There's no call-out on this on the page for the infobox. Have there been changes? FriarTuck1981 (talk) 02:47, 17 June 2024 (UTC)