Wikipedia:WikiProject Astronomical objects

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WikiProjects

Project	Active members	Assess	Active
Astronomy WikiProjects
Astronomy	188	Yes	Yes
Astronomical objects	31	No	Yes
Constellations (task force)	7	No	No
Cosmology (task force)	<30	No	No
Eclipses	11	No	Yes
Solar System WikiProjects
Solar System	38	Yes	Yes
Jupiter (task force)	3	No	Yes
Mars	11	Yes	Yes
Moon	17	Yes	Partial
Spaceflight WikiProjects
Spaceflight	91	Yes	Yes
Adopt an astronaut (working group)	>5	No	Yes
Aerospace biography (task force)	<9	No	No
ESA (task force)	4	Yes	No
Space stations (working group)	2	No	No
Timeline of spaceflight (working group)	8	No	Partial
Data as of 24 October 2020

Portals

Introduction

This project was originally formed to coordinate editors' efforts on creating articles related to astronomical objects. The project's original members worked together to develop a category hierarchy and a series of templates, including information boxes, that could be used to improve the articles' appearance and navigability. This page itself links to a series of subpages that contain information on the templates used to create astronomical articles and web-related resources that may be useful for article creation. The talk page has become a forum to seek advice and build consensus for future article edits. Moreover, the WikiProject is also used as a bulletin board to announce maintenance-related issues, such as article and category renames and deletions.

If you would like to help, please inquire on the talk page. The astronomy-related articles on Wikipedia are always in need of improvement; just indicate how you would like to help, and the project's members will direct you to pages that need work. Also, feel free to add your name to the membership list at the bottom of this page.

A number of other WikiProjects have been created to work on other astronomy and space-related issues. A navigation box on the right leads to the related projects. For more information on WikiProjects in general, please see Wikipedia:WikiProjects and Wikipedia:WikiProject best practices.

Membership

The Membership List shows all of the Wikipedians who have signed up to participate in this WikiProject. Other people who wish to join may simply add their names to the list. Additionally, they can add the WikiProject Astronomical object userbox to their userpage using {{User ASTRO}}.

This user is a member of WikiProject Astronomical objects.

Resource pages

• Infoboxes - Most of the articles on individual astronomical objects should have information boxes, or infoboxes. This web page provides information on the various templates used to create the infoboxes.

• Templates - Aside from the infoboxes, a series of other templates are commonly used to create Wikipedia articles on astronomical objects. This page provides additional information on those templates.

• External resources - A few key external web pages contain most of the information that is used by the professional astronomical community for their research. These web pages are also invaluable resources for creating Wikipedia pages and for adding references to existing Wikipedia pages.

Discussion/Noticeboard pages

• Talk page - The talk page is the main forum for discussion on astronomical object-related topics in Wikipedia. This is a good place to ask questions about the science in articles, to ask for assistance in editing articles, and to receive feedback and build consensus on new proposals (such as renaming articles).

• Rename/Merge/Delete Log - This is a list of the current debates on requests to rename and delete articles; requests to rename, delete, or merge categories; and other maintenance-related activities.

• Worklist - This list contains information on some of the most important articles on astronomical objects within Wikipedia as well as ratings for those pages. This list is a good place to see examples of good Wikipedia articles and to find Wikipedia articles that need to be updated.

Article alerts

Did you know

• 17 Aug 2026 – Nysa–Polana complex (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Nrco0e (t · c); see discussion

Articles for deletion

• 07 Sep 2026 – S301 (Star) (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by SevenSpheres (t · c); see discussion (1 participant)
• 02 Sep 2026 – CFHQS J2329–0301 (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Abdullah1099 (t · c); see discussion (2 participants)
• 02 Sep 2026 – J0910−0414 (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Abdullah1099 (t · c); see discussion (3 participants)
• 02 Sep 2026 – Gliese 625 b (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Abdullah1099 (t · c); see discussion (4 participants)
• 21 Aug 2026 – OGC 139 (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Shocksingularity (t · c); see discussion (5 participants; relisted)
• 21 Aug 2026 – J2341+0018 (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Shocksingularity (t · c); see discussion (5 participants; relisted)
• 21 Aug 2026 – B2 1525+29 (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Shocksingularity (t · c); see discussion (5 participants; relisted)

Categories for discussion

• 08 Sep 2026 – Category:Stars discovered in 1885 (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by LaundryPizza03 (t · c); see discussion
• 08 Sep 2026 – Category:Stars discovered in 1886 (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by LaundryPizza03 (t · c); see discussion
• 08 Sep 2026 – Category:Stars discovered in 1887 (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by LaundryPizza03 (t · c); see discussion
• 08 Sep 2026 – Category:Stars discovered in 1890 (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by LaundryPizza03 (t · c); see discussion
• 08 Sep 2026 – Category:Stars discovered in 1891 (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by LaundryPizza03 (t · c); see discussion
• 08 Sep 2026 – Category:Stars discovered in 1895 (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by LaundryPizza03 (t · c); see discussion
• 08 Sep 2026 – Category:Stars discovered in 1896 (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by LaundryPizza03 (t · c); see discussion
• 08 Sep 2026 – Category:Stars discovered in 1898 (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by LaundryPizza03 (t · c); see discussion
• 08 Sep 2026 – Category:Stars discovered in 1899 (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by LaundryPizza03 (t · c); see discussion
• 08 Sep 2026 – Category:Stars discovered in 1884 (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by LaundryPizza03 (t · c); see discussion

(19 more...)

Good article nominees

• 06 Sep 2026 – High-mass X-ray binary (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Shocksingularity (t · c); start discussion
• 11 Aug 2026 – 44 Nysa (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Nrco0e (t · c); start discussion
• 28 Jul 2026 – 52246 Donaldjohanson (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Nrco0e (t · c); start discussion
• 27 Jun 2026 – Kordylewski cloud (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Scourgezoned (t · c); start discussion

Featured article reviews

• 11 Aug 2026 – Moon (talk · edit · hist) was put up for FA review by Z1720 (t · c); see discussion

Good article reassessments

• 01 Sep 2026 – Gliese 876 b (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for GA reassessment by Real4jyy (t · c); see discussion
• 19 Jul 2026 – 253 Mathilde (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for GA reassessment by Nrco0e (t · c); see discussion

Articles to be merged

• 06 Sep 2026 – S301 (Star) (talk · edit · hist) proposed for merging to S301 by SevenSpheres (t · c) was closed; see discussion

Articles to be split

• 11 Nov 2025 – Quaoar (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Nrco0e (t · c); see discussion
• 12 May 2023 – Fast radio burst (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Rod57 (t · c); see discussion

Articles for creation

• 05 Sep 2026 – Draft:184314 Mbabamwanawaresa (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by NeppyDaEnby (t · c)
• 04 Sep 2026 – Draft:(470316) 2007 OC10 (talk · edit · hist) submitted for AfC by My planet is Homlos (t · c) was moved to (470316) 2007 OC10 (talk · edit · hist) by Sulfurboy (t · c) on 05 Sep 2026

Article ratings

Astronomical objects pages by quality
Quality
	Total
FA	69
FL	4
FM	76
GA	143
B	172
C	1,231
Start	9,820
Stub	4,584
List	1,830
Category	1,296
Disambig	26
File	20
Portal	9
Project	18
Redirect	47,404
Template	217
Assessed	66,919
Total	66,919
WikiWork factors (?)		ω = 82,330			Ω = 5.14

Categories

Categories are a major part of the infrastructure of Wikipedia. They contain lists of related articles and allow users to find articles that are related to each other. Category:Astronomical objects is the main category related to astronomical objects, although most articles should be listed in subcategories. Beginners should use these categories to organize new or existing articles. Advanced editors are encouraged to maintain and edit the category system itself.

Other useful pages

• Wikipedia:Naming conventions (astronomical objects)
• Wikipedia:WikiProject Constellations/Bordering constellations
• Wikipedia:WikiProject Astronomical objects/Popular pages - List of top articles with the most frequent views, updated monthly.
• Quality operations - A bot-generated daily log which lists articles Reassessed, Assessed and Removed.