Talk:List of artificial objects on the Moon
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[edit] Personal objects
At a glance, I do not see the golf balls represented. They ought to be. -Cory
- I agree, the personal objects taken up and left are just as much artificial objects and in a way just as interesting - for instance Charlie Duke's photograph of his family left on the ground. I think they should be added to the list - perhaps a separate section of the table? Do people agree? CharlesC 12:48, 19 February 2006 (UTC)
- Yeah I think it should be added, including the flags left, there is a limited and destinguishable amount of objects on the moon and i think they should be included.
[edit] Google Moon
I added two links to google's moon maps - Luna 13 and Apollo 11
Does anyone think this is a good/bad idea? Que 16:55, 31 July 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Orbital decay
It is mentioned tat various object fell to the moon after orbital decay. There is no air there so what causes the decay?
- The gravitational field of the Moon is not uniform. You have the Sun and the Earth causing orbits to change. There are also mass concentrations below the surface of the Moon which mean that orbits will eventually be changed so much that they pass "through" the surface. Evil Monkey∴Hello 21:53, 30 August 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Etc.
What about the US flag (are there other flags?) and the landing site plaque? Also wasn't other equipment such as lunar rovers left behind after Apollo missions? - Keith D. Tyler ¶ 18:36, 14 September 2005 (UTC)
- The plaques were integrated in to the ladder leg of the LEM descent stage, and the rovers were all parked very close by in order to ease the unloading of material and equipment. As for the flags, I'm not sure. I've heard that it was planted at a considerable distance from the LM after 11's was knocked over by the blast of the ascent engine, but that might be apocryphal.
[edit] Title should change
I think the title of this page should change to Terrestrial objects on the Moon, or Human made objects on the moon. I know it is pretty unlikely there are any other type of objects up there, but it is pretty arrogant to assume we are the only ones make artificial objects... Any one against it?
- I am. The current article title is precise and non-confusing. If we ever find on the Moon an artificial object made by Martians, we'll calmly add it to this list. Tempshill 00:13, 27 January 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Any on the dark side?
Are any of the objects in this list sitting on the dark side of the Moon? If so it would be nice to tag them as such. Tempshill 00:13, 27 January 2006 (UTC)
- Yes anything on the grid past 90 degrees on either side (in the table past 90 degrees East or West - I guess that means Ranger 4, Lunar Orbiter 1, Lunar Orbiter 2 and Lunar Orbiter 3 -- Astrokey44|talk 14:00, 27 January 2006 (UTC)
Just to nit-pick a little, there is no dark side of the moon, but a far side; Every point of the moon sees sunlight at one point or another of it's month-long 'day'.Chris CII 13:18, 14 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Grid?
Is this just because I've been drinking too much beer tonight, but is the grid plotting the objects downright nonsensical? It gives no indication what the axises (sp?) are supposed to be. If they are latitude/longitude coordinates, then the grid is plotted on a weird scale (what is at 100 degrees latitude?) --Bletch 00:50, 31 July 2006 (UTC)
- ive cropped it at 90 degrees, is that better? --Astrokey44 02:04, 31 July 2006 (UTC)
- Yup; it was the "100" on the vertical axis that got me. --Bletch 00:12, 1 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Wrecks
I would like that the readers, at a glance, could distinguish between intact objects and wrecks. I have three suggestions:
- Divide the table into a table with the intacts and a table with wrecks.
- A sixth column with condition (intact/wreck).
- A prefix like 'crashed at 29.1°N 0°W in the Location column.
Necessary Evil 02:05, 14 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] smart 1
Why is the launched date of the smart 1 in 2006?
