Template talk:Infobox comet

(Predicted

Why does the the comet template say "(predicted)" for the next perihelion? Isn't it obvious that the next one is predicted, not observed? Saros136 (talk) 20:51, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

Dimensions

Could we add a dimensions field like Template:Infobox Planet has? -- Kheider (talk) 19:12, 26 February 2010 (UTC)

 Done. My only question is should the size of the nucleus be listed inside of the Orbital characteristics or should there be a separate section for it? -- Kheider (talk) 23:35, 21 August 2014 (UTC)

Yeah, that's a good point. Perhaps just throw it up in the first section instead. — Huntster (t @ c) 00:36, 22 August 2014 (UTC)

Physical characteristics

Dimensions and Albedo should probably be in a separate "Physical characteristics" section as they have nothing to do with orbital characteristics. -- Kheider (talk) 14:11, 12 November 2014 (UTC)

Orbital elements not in link

The template links to [1] as a reference for the orbital characteristics. For old comets (like C/1811 F1), but also newer ones like C/1989 (Austin) which aren't observable at the moment, this reference contains no information about the comet. In fact, it has no information for non-periodic comets discovered before 1994, and most comets discovered before 2000 are also missing. This leaves the orbital elements unsourced. I suggest to let the template point to [2] instead which includes data for all comets. --Renerpho (talk) 08:16, 26 March 2018 (UTC)

Support. I support Renerpho's proposal. — UnladenSwallow (talk) 23:57, 24 September 2019 (UTC)

Proposal: unify {{infobox planet}} and {{infobox comet}} parameters as much as possible

{{infobox planet}}	{{infobox comet}}
|discovered=	|discovery_date=	Choose one standard parameter name and add it as an alias to the old name. Deprecate the old name.
|observation_arc=	|obs_arc=	Add |observation_arc= to {{infobox comet}} as an alias to |obs_arc=. Deprecate |obs_arc=.
	|obs=	|obs= it too obscure. Add |observations= as an alias to |obs=, add it to {{infobox planet}}. Deprecate |obs=.
	|orbit=	The meaning of |orbit= is not explained in the documentation.
	|semiminor=	Add to {{infobox planet}}.
	|orbital_circ=	The meaning of |orbital_circ= is not explained in the documentation.
	|max_speed=	Add to {{infobox planet}}.
	|min_speed=	Add to {{infobox planet}}.
	|node=	The meaning of |node= is not explained in the documentation. Is it the longitude of ascending node? If yes, then add {{infobox planet}}'s |asc_node= as an alias to |node= and deprecate |node=.
	|peri=	The meaning of |peri= is not explained in the documentation. Is it the argument of perihelion? If yes, then add {{infobox planet}}'s |arg_peri= as an alias to |peri= and deprecate |peri=.
|tisserand=	|tjup=	It is necessary to distinguish TJ from TN (see Tisserand's parameter). Add |tisserand_jupiter= to {{infobox planet}} as an alias to |tisserand=, add it to {{infobox comet}} as an alias to |tjup=. Deprecate |tisserand= and |tjup=.
|moid=	|Earth_moid=	Add |earth_moid= to {{infobox planet}} as an alias to |moid=, add it to {{infobox comet}} as an alias to |Earth_moid=. Deprecate |moid= and |Earth_moid=.
|jupiter_moid=	|Jupiter_moid=	Add |jupiter_moid= to {{infobox comet}} as an alias to |Jupiter_moid=. Deprecate |Jupiter_moid=.
	|last_p=	|last_p= it too obscure. Add |last_perihelion= to {{infobox comet}} as an alias to |last_p=, add it to {{infobox planet}} (makes sense for distant minor planets). Deprecate |last_p=.
	|next_p=	|next_p= it too obscure. Add |next_perihelion= to {{infobox comet}} as an alias to |next_p=, add it to {{infobox planet}} (makes sense for distant minor planets). Deprecate |next_p=.
	|source=	The meaning of |source= is not explained in the documentation. Is it the reference to the source? If yes, then add {{infobox planet}}'s |discovery_ref= as an alias to |source= and deprecate |source=, add {{infobox planet}}'s |orbit_ref= and |physical_ref=.

— UnladenSwallow (talk) 23:50, 24 September 2019 (UTC)

dimensions

The dimensions parameter is not showing up on infoboxes such as 2P/Encke and needs to be fixed. -- Kheider (talk) 10:42, 2 February 2023 (UTC)

Depreciated parameters?

Going through the list of pages using infobox comet with unknown parameters, I've started to notice that some parameters have been changed or apparently depreciated. There's no call-out on this on the page for the infobox. Have there been changes? FriarTuck1981 (talk) 02:47, 17 June 2024 (UTC)

Yeah, for some reason, the barycentric SMA (b_semimajor) and period (b_period) no longer work when I tried to use them KyloRen2017 (talk) 00:04, 20 November 2024 (UTC)