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Edit request: Fix incorrect claim of 20-day Archean synodic month
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I suggest replacing "This has resulted in the length of a anomalistic month having increased from 20 days to today's 27.55 days over the course of 3.2 billion years." with "This has resulted in both the synodic month and the solar day increasing in duration over the course of 3.2 billion years, with a smaller relative change in the number of solar days per month." which better reflects the content of the cited study.
I already made a similar change to the Orbit of the Moon article, but this article here is semi-protected. ~2026-31651-65 (talk) 08:27, 28 May 2026 (UTC)
- I like this, but don’t trust myself.
- You should create an account! In solidarity Wikipedian12512 (Talking is fine | contribs) 01:44, 5 June 2026 (UTC)
- I agree that the content was off base, even incorrect. However I made a completely different change. The paper is clear that the concept of "month" is unclear. It discusses multiple definitions in relation to the data, match what most readers will imagine when they read "month". I replaced the month value with the more clearly defined by equally startling solar day, 13 hours. Please review. Johnjbarton (talk) 16:13, 5 June 2026 (UTC)
Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want made. 🦅White-tailed eagleTalk to the eagleStalking eagle 23:26, 26 July 2026 (UTC)
I am reviewing this article as part of WP:URFA/2020, an initiative to review Wikipedia's oldest featured articles. Upon reviewing this, I noticed that there are lots of uncited statements, including entire paragraphs. Some might be covered under WP:CALC but other statements require citations. Is anyone interested in fixing up this article, potentially getting it ready for a TFA re-run? I'm also going to add this to WP:FARGIVEN to see if it will get more attention. Z1720 (talk) 14:46, 28 July 2026 (UTC)
Luna
Luna (the Moon) is her name. I believe it should be added on the main page in brackets. I'm also not happy that SpaceX crashed into her. --DoveTheEditor (talk) 19:15, 5 August 2026 (UTC)
- We are the English language Wikipedia, we're not here to list all the names for the moon in other languages. Canterbury Tail talk 19:57, 5 August 2026 (UTC)
- Moons have Greek names anyway. We should be calling her Selene. Serendipodous 13:29, 11 August 2026 (UTC)
- You mean Selena or Cynthia? --DoveTheEditor (talk) 01:18, 12 August 2026 (UTC)
It's ridiculous
that I can't find a reliable source for a fact as simple as "there are fewer volcanic than impact craters on the Moon." Serendipodous 13:28, 11 August 2026 (UTC)
Can anyone who can get through a paywall
tell me whether this article mentions polygonal lunar craters? https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0019103509003534 Serendipodous 12:34, 17 August 2026 (UTC)
- You should be able to access this through The Wikipedia Library. Here's a link that anyone with access to the Library can use to read the paper. Chess enjoyer (talk) 12:41, 17 August 2026 (UTC)
- The article has one sentence on lunar polygonal impact craters that cites
- Öhman, T., Aittola, M., Korteniemi, J., Kostama, V. P., & Raitala, J. (2010). Polygonal impact craters in the solar system: Observations and implications.
- Johnjbarton (talk) 16:02, 17 August 2026 (UTC)
- The article has one sentence on lunar polygonal impact craters that cites
Best book about lunar observation
The information in the "observation" section is too basic to show up in science materials. But I'm not going to search out a written source until I know all the necessary material is in there. So does anyone know the right book to read? Serendipodous 12:16, 22 August 2026 (UTC)
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