Wikipedia:Peer review/Pulsar planet/archive1

Pulsar planet


I've listed this article for peer review because I wanted to see if it stands a chance as a GA candidate.

Thanks, Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 16:44, 26 July 2023 (UTC)


 * will look though the article, pls expect comments in the next few days. Artem.G (talk) 14:12, 4 August 2023 (UTC)


 * Comments from Artem.

I'm not an astronomer, so some comments can be quite stupid.


 * They are extremely rare - can it be the case that our current technology doesn't allow to detect them? maybe not rare, but hard to detect?
 * Yeah, there are limitations in viewing them but even among the pulsars where detection is easy, there aren't many. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 16:25, 8 August 2023 (UTC)
 * with only half a dozen listed by the NASA Exoplanet Archive. - why not say "only seven listed"?
 * Only because I think this warrants a rough number not a precise one. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 16:25, 8 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Thus, a disk needs to have a large mass if it is to give rise to planets. - is it different from any other planets? shouldn't protoplanetary disk of any star be massive to form a planet? if no, then the definition of "large mass" is needed.
 * Source doesn't seem to specify. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 16:25, 8 August 2023 (UTC)
 * I would move the text from note a to the actual text.
 * I am hearing you, but I don't think there is a good place for this. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 16:25, 8 August 2023 (UTC)
 * you have "First generation" planets but then "Second generation planets" and "Third generation planets", I think quotes should be consistent.
 * Done. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 16:25, 8 August 2023 (UTC)
 * about the first gen - None of the known pulsar planet systems are likely to have formed in this process., about the second gen - There are no known examples of planets around young neutron stars.. There is nothing about three other types. What types are the identified planets?
 * There are a few examples, but it's already discussed in a separate section, not sure we want to mention them twice. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 16:25, 8 August 2023 (UTC)
 * The formation scenarios have consequences for the planets' composition: A planet formed ... - I would put a period instead of a colon, but I'm not a native speaker, so you can ignore it.
 * Me neither, I admit
 * As of 2022, the most common type of neutron star planet is a "diamond planet" - how is it related to 5 types discussed above?
 * It's most commonly a third-generation pulsar planet. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 16:25, 8 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Pulsars are extremely precise clocks - maybe Pulsars can serve as an extremely precise clocks?
 * Hrm, I don't think these are the same statement. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 16:25, 8 August 2023 (UTC)
 * the least massive known extrasolar planet (only 0.02 MEarth) is a pulsar planet - is there a name for it, or an article?
 * Yep, linked. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 16:25, 8 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Pulsars are very small and thus the probability of a planet transiting in front of the pulsar - one potential way to image them - is very low. - I think it can better be said as One potential way to image a planet is to detect its transition in front of the star: in case of pulsar planets, the probability of a planet transiting in front of pulsar is very low because of the small size of pulsars., or smth like that.
 * That works; I've put it in. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 16:25, 8 August 2023 (UTC)
 * that relates to the They are extremely rare - maybe we just can't detect them?
 * Problem is that different techniques should reliably detect pulsar planets. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 16:25, 8 August 2023 (UTC)
 * As of 2022 only half a dozen[c] - same comment as above - if you decided to stick to The NASA Exoplanet Archive, just say "seven planets"
 * Put an "about" in. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 16:25, 8 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Based on the known occurrence rate of pulsar planets, there might be as many as 10 millions of them in the Milky Way.[41] - again, I don't think it's "extremely rare" - maybe some comparison with ordinary planets can be useful here?
 * Done. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 16:25, 8 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Examples - you don't need additional indentation there, each example has only one paragraph
 * Done. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 16:25, 8 August 2023 (UTC)
 * described as a "diamond planet". - diamond planet is a better link
 * Done. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 16:25, 8 August 2023 (UTC)
 * The parameters of known pulsar planetary system - if there is no data about Inclination and Radius, maybe this columns are not needed (at least right now)?
 * I don't think I can hide this parameter, no. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 16:25, 8 August 2023 (UTC)
 * of an asteroid[h] belt around the pulsars - move note after the "belt", and maybe link to asteroid belt
 * Done. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 16:25, 8 August 2023 (UTC)
 * The white dwarf-pulsar binary - "dwarf-pulsar" puzzles me, but it's probably correct
 * Yeah, "white dwarf" and "pulsar" are supposed to be separate. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 16:25, 8 August 2023 (UTC)
 * See also - first link is used above, and you can link exoplanet in text. for the Aleksander Wolszczan and Dale Frail, you can add a sentence to the pulsar they've discovered and remove links from see also. Same for Andrew Lyne, if possible.
 * Mostly done. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 16:25, 8 August 2023 (UTC)

These are all comments I have, hope they're useful. Article looks good to be submitted to GA - sources are good, and for such an obscure topic it looks solid. Artem.G (talk) 15:29, 8 August 2023 (UTC)
 * I read the aricle once again, and the only comment I have now is that some comparison of pulsar planets or pulsar planetery systems to Earth or to the Solar System can be useful. I don't know how reliable are these images, but they look quite illustrative: File:Exoplanet_Comparison_PSR_B1257+12_C.png, File:Exoplanet_Comparison_PSR_B1257+12_A.png. Artem.G (talk) 12:31, 12 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Hrmm, these are of two specific exoplanets and only about their size; I don't think that works. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 18:25, 12 August 2023 (UTC)