Wikipedia:WikiProject Astronomy/Newsletter/2016 Q3

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The project at a glance
As of Q3 2016 the project has reached:


 * 115 Featured articles
 * 14 Featured lists
 * 6 Featured miscellaneous
 * 177 Good Articles
 * 46,996 total articles
 * 3,462 (or 8%) are marked for cleanup
 * 5,081 issues in total.

July 2016
On July 1st, The Man in the Moone was the featured article on English Wikipedia (see blurb). On July 26th, Pavo was the featured article on the English Wikipedia (see blurb).

On July 4, the Juno spacecraft entered orbit around Jupiter. On July 18th, NASA announced over 100 new exoplanets discovered by the K2 Mission including the K2-72 system which features a sub-Earth sized exoplanet in its circumstellar habitable zone.

In July the following articles were also created: XX Persei, CK Carinae, Friedrich Hayn, Andrew King (astrophysicist), Elizabeth Lada, Stefi Baum, Yellow giant, RT-64, HD 131399 Ab, HIP 41378, Fiske Planetarium, 2015 RR245, HIP 2, Miniature X-ray Solar Spectrometer CubeSat, V883 Orionis, Takeshi Oka, NGC 143, Kepler-1229, KELT-11b, HD 164595, Titan Winged Aerobot, List of minor planet discoverers, Polaris flare, C Ursa Majoris, K2-72, K2-72e, Outline of the Solar System, NGC 6412, 2014 LM28, NGC 144, Frank Muller (astronomer), 2014 EZ51, Ultra-Fast Flash Observatory Pathfinder, Meanings of minor planet names: 451001–452000, Meanings of minor planet names: 452001–453000, Meanings of minor planet names: 453001–454000, Meanings of minor planet names: 454001–455000, Meanings of minor planet names: 455001–456000, Meanings of minor planet names: 456001–457000, Meanings of minor planet names: 457001–458000, Meanings of minor planet names: 458001–459000, Meanings of minor planet names: 459001–460000, Meanings of minor planet names: 460001–461000, Meanings of minor planet names: 461001–462000, Meanings of minor planet names: 462001–463000, Meanings of minor planet names: 463001–464000, Meanings of minor planet names: 464001–465000, Meanings of minor planet names: 465001–466000, Meanings of minor planet names: 466001–467000, Meanings of minor planet names: 467001–468000, Meanings of minor planet names: 468001–469000, Meanings of minor planet names: 469001–470000, Anna Estelle Glancy, 2014 OE394, Kepler-84, LEDA 89996, NGC 1901, NGC 2164, NGC 1854, NGC 1763, 15 Leonis Minoris, HIP 57274 d, Slater (crater), Exoplanet naming convention, NGC 1755, List of star systems within 30–35 light-years, NGC 1820, HD 189245, NGC 2197, Doris Vickers, James William Grant (astronomer), HD 240237 b, Kepler-442.

August 2016


On August 3rd, The 2014 edition of the Hubble Ultra-Deep Field (See image) was the featured image on the English Wikipedia. On August 24th Proxima Centauri b was discovered using Doppler spectroscopy on ESO and other telescopes. On August 29th, speculations about the Radio signal from HD 164595 caused by an isotropic beacon from a Type II civilization began circulating in the media, even though the signal only scored a 1-2 on the Rio Scale.

Other articles created in August 2016 include: 2014 FE72, Radio signal from HD 164595, CL J1001+0220, Super-Neptune, Kepler-20g, Mikko Tuomi, Dragonfly 44, Proxima Centauri b, List of minor planets: 472001–473000, List of minor planets: 471001–472000, List of minor planets: 470001–471000, Usuda star dome, NGC 162, WD 1145+017 b, NGC 161, NGC 160, NGC 159, Gliese 3293, 2016 PQ, (471325) 2011 KT19, NGC 158, NGC 156, NGC 155, IAU Working Group on Star Names, NGC 5053, LkCa 15, NGC 154, NGC 153, NGC 150, NGC 149, NGC 148, Kepler-419b, Kepler-419, IC 5332, WASP-82, V4024 Sagittarii, U Lacertae, Kepler-418 b, HD 169142, Kepler-1520b, NGC 146, NGC 7582, AR Scorpii, CX CMa.

September 2016
September 2016 mostly focused on expanding Wikipedia's coverage on astronomical objects such as NGC objects, Asteroids, Star system lists, and constellation stars. New articles were also made for exoplanets and other topics.

Examples of articles created in September 2016 include: NGC 163, NGC 164, NGC 165, NGC 166, NGC 167, NGC 168, NGC 169, Robyn Millan, (50719), NGC 170, NGC 171, NGC 172, NGC 173, NGC 174, NGC 175, NGC 176, NGC 177, NGC 178, NGC 179, NGC 180, NGC 181, NGC 182, NGC 183, NGC 184, NGC 185, NGC 186, NGC 187, NGC 188, NGC 189, NGC 190, NGC 191, NGC 192, NGC 193, NGC 194, EPIC 204278916, K2-33, Q Cygni, Psi Leonis, List of asteroid close approaches to Earth in 2009, Pi Geminorum, Tau2 Gruis, Iota2 Normae, NGC 195, NGC 196, Iota Normae, Rho1 Eridani, Rho2 Eridani, Rho3 Eridani, Rho Eridani, Gamma Normae, Eastern Anatolia Observatory, NGC 197, NGC 198, NGC 199, NGC 200, HD 164922 c, NGC 202, NGC 203, NGC 204, NGC 207, Ward doubles, Earth Proxima, NGC 208, NGC 209, (75482) 1999 XC173, (39546) 1992 DT5, (219774) 2001 YY145, List of slow rotators (minor planets), Anders Planman, NGC 212, NGC 213, NGC 214, Swedish Astronomical Society, NGC 215, NGC 216, NGC 217, NGC 218, NGC 219, NGC 220, NGC 221, NGC 222, NGC 223, NGC 224, NGC 225, NGC 226, NGC 227, HR 6594, Kepler-1606b, N6946-BH1, NGC 228, NGC 229, NGC 230, NGC 231, NGC 232, NGC 233, NGC 234, Failed supernova, BINGO (telescope), HD 30963, 38 Virginis b, NGC 236, NGC 237, List of fast rotators (minor planets), 38 Virginis, O'Connell effect, Sevenfold sun miracle, Judith Gamora Cohen, NGC 238, NGC 239, OGLE-2007-BLG-349(AB)b, List of star systems within 35–40 light-years, NGC 240, NGC 241, NGC 242, NGC 243, NGC 244, NGC 245, Argonium, List of star systems within 40–45 light-years, Outline of Earth, Jansha (impact crater), NGC 256, NGC 257, NGC 258, NGC 259, HD 150248, HD 117939, HD 71334, HD 118598, NGC 260, NGC 261, Cosmic wind, Galactic Tick Day, Emily Lakdawalla, List of star systems within 45–50 light-years, HR 4887, DS Crucis, BU Crucis.

Article Alerts

 * Apus GA nominated since 22 Sep 2016
 * Exoplanet FA review since 26 Jun 2016. (See Discussion).
 * Tycho Brahe GA reassessment since 02 Sep 2016. (See Discussion).

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