Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Cerberus Hemisphere


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The result was redirect to Cerberus (Martian albedo feature). Merger from history is possible.  Sandstein  14:51, 15 December 2017 (UTC)

Cerberus Hemisphere

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This stub has been sitting unsourced since its creation in 2006, and tagged as such since 2009. A WP:BEFORE search reveals that "Cerberus Hemisphere" was an informal name given to a mosaic of pictures taken by the Viking 1 orbiter in 1980. It is named after the prominent Cerberus dark area. This picture is referenced in a couple of astronomy books from the 1990s. The earliest mention seems to be a 1988/89 report from the NASA planetary geology program, which names four such picture mosaics as "hemispheres": "The "Valles Marineris Hemisphere" mosaic covers the region from ~30° to 130° longitude, including Valles Marineris, Tharsis Montes, Lunae Planum, and Chryse and Acidalia Planitiae. The "Cerberus Hemisphere" mosaic covers the region from ~140° to 230° longitude, including Elysium, Arcadia and Amazonia Planitiae and ancient cratered highlands. The "Schiaparelli Hemisphere" mosaic covers the region from ~280° to 30° longitude, including Arabia Terra, Syrtis Major Planum, Hellas Planitia and the Oxia Palus area. The "Syrtis Major Hemisphere" mosaic covers the region from ~260° to 350° longitude, including Arabia Terra, Syrtis Major Planum, and Isidis and Hellas Planitiae."

The name "Cerberus Hemisphere" is not included in various modern sources detailing the topography of Mars; it appears to be only an anecdotal name that did not acquire enduring notability independently of this particular picture and mission. Hence my proposal to delete the article as insignificant and potentially misleading. We could possibly quote the book and display the Viking-era pictures in our article about Viking 1. — JFG talk 10:46, 8 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Astronomy-related deletion discussions. MT TrainDiscuss 12:12, 8 December 2017 (UTC)


 * Speedy delete as it is left too long untouched and it doesn't contain any sources at all. Ernestchuajiasheng (talk) 13:31, 8 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Merge with article on Mars geography; this entry is too small to warrant its own article. Vorbee (talk) 15:41, 8 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete No useful content. Tarl N.  ( discuss ) 19:48, 8 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Redirect to Geography of Mars or some other article. Delete or redirect to Cerberus (Martian albedo feature). I could not find coverage in reliable sources other than the mosaic of pictures. Gulumeemee (talk) 10:02, 10 December 2017 (UTC); edited 04:41, 11 December 2017 (UTC)
 * No coverage --> Delete. Redirect only helpful if we want to talk about those pictures specifically. No consensus for this yet. — JFG talk 01:05, 11 December 2017 (UTC)
 * That is a good argument. We are probably not going to talk about this picture in the Geography of Mars article, but we might in the Cerberus article. I changed my comment. Gulumeemee (talk) 04:41, 11 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Would make sense in Cerberus (Martian albedo feature) indeed; I support the redirect there, and documenting the historical picture with a quote from the NASA report. — JFG talk 11:17, 11 December 2017 (UTC)


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