Talk:S/2015 (136472) 1

A fact from S/2015 (136472) 1 appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 22 May 2016 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that S/2015 (136472) 1 is the only known moon of the dwarf planet Makemake?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2016/May. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/2015 (136472) 1.

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This article was nominated for merging with Makemake on 27 April 2016. The result of the discussion was No merging.

Picture[edit]

The image in the Makemake article is a better image of this moon than is the image in S/2015 (136472) 1. Switcheroo? JDAWiseman (talk) 12:50, 3 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Sure. Jonathunder (talk) 15:15, 3 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Switcheroo’d. JDAWiseman (talk) 20:17, 3 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Restore[edit]

Stars, planets, dwarf-planets and natural satellites should stand as own articles without any hesitation. J 1982 (talk) 22:35, 25 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

That was my preference too. JDAWiseman (talk) 23:29, 25 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

No, there is no objective reason for doing that. —MartinZ (talk) 11:45, 12 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Should MK-2 be renamed into Haua?[edit]

Haua is the companion of makemake in the Rapa Nui mythology. [unsigned by User:Zachbarbo 2021-08-10T09:00:47‎]

If you can provide a ref that it's been named, we'll move the article. I haven't heard anything. — kwami (talk) 00:45, 11 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I came up with the name when I was doing researching on the deity. Zachbarbo (talk) 01:41, 4 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

That was an Idea of mine as as well, and it would be very fitting for the moon of Makemake, but you'll probably have more luck asking for that at the IAU or any other astronomical organization than here, as far as an official name for S 2015 (136472) 1 / MK2 goes. Sir Proxima Centauri (talk) 19:39, 20 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I've heard through the grape vine that a name is being considered. I don't know what it is, but Haua is the most obvious choice. — kwami (talk) 03:30, 21 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Updates from 2018[edit]

This article talks about 2018 in the future tense. It says new information "will" be available, but no sources are cited. Does anyone have updates on this? Nog642 (talk) 08:17, 5 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

There was an article in the works but I haven't heard of it being published. — kwami (talk) 09:45, 5 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Considering that there is indeed an animation of 2018 Hubble images showing the moon, shouldn't astronomers have been able to determine its orbit more accurately back then ? I've tried searching for newer articles about S/2015 (136472) 1, but any news about it seems to be 5+ years old and mentions how 2018 observations may help for knowing its orbit. How come stories about this moon are this dead ? Sir Proxima Centauri (talk) 16:54, 22 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Sir Proxima Centauri: All I can say is give the MK2 discoverers some time. Oftentimes astronomers deal with multiple projects at once, so some lower-priority works end up taking several years before finally getting published. Nrco0e (talk · contribs) 17:50, 22 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Our mass estimate is from the preliminary orbit calculations. Working out a precise orbit from a relatively small number of images where the moon's little better than a blur isn't going to be easy. — kwami (talk) 02:21, 4 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]