Wikipedia:WikiProject Astronomical objects/Infoboxes small solar system bodies

Minor planets (asteroids, comets, Kuiperoids, etc)
The example on the far right is the recommended table format for minor planets &mdash;note the recommended unit links. It is generated by the Minor Planet template (now replaced by the Infobox Planet with the  flag; see below). The template has an optional astron argument whose default value is helion; this allows its use to describe asteroid moons, as in the S/2000 1 example.

Urhixidur wrote a nifty Windows tool that can greatly facilitate preparation of these. The most recent version can be downloaded from http://www.bigfoot.com/~D.U.Thibault (at the bottom of the page, under the heading "Delphi 7 and Wikipedia").

A more compact form of this with just the orbital elements is on the near right Minor planet (note the lower case 'p'). The two are incompatible at the moment, something which Nicholas intends to fix one day.

A few short-hand templates are useful when dealing with asteroids with provisional designations. They are Template:mp, Template:mpl, and Template:mpl-. Mpl ("minor planet link") is used to write a link, like so  =, whilst mp ("minor planet") saves you from typing &lt;sub>&lt;/sub> if you'd rather not:   =. Mpl- is used with numbered asteroids that have kept (so far) their provisional designations:  =  instead of.

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 * Template:Small Solar System bodies
 * Template:Minor planets navigator – sequential navigator for numbered minor planets
 * Template:PeriodicComets Navigator – sequential navigator for periodic comets
 * Template:Dwarf planets - for dwarf planets and candidates

Particularly useful are Minor planets navigator and. Scroll down beyond the table to the right to see examples of these.

Replacement template:

Comets
As discussed above, comets might be served better by a different template. Here is a suggestion for Comet we can toy with until we are happy with it. Awolf002 00:23, 5 December 2005 (UTC)