Template:Did you know nominations/S Antliae

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The result was: promoted by Ritchie333 ^(talk) ^(cont) 16:22, 17 July 2014 (UTC)

S Antliae[edit]

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... that when it was discovered, the star S Antliae had the shortest period known of any variable star?

ALT1:the two stars of the S Antliae star system are so close they share a common envelope?
Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Philippe Capdenat

5x expanded by Casliber (talk). Self nominated at 10:14, 17 July 2014 (UTC).

Age OK, neutrality fine, length scrapes by, no copyvio, plagiarism or close paraphrasing detected (assuming good faith on most of the sources as I can't check them and it is all facts and figures anyway). QPQ done. Citations abundant. Both hooks check out, ALT2 is slightly more exciting for my money. Certainly a contender for dullest article on Wikipedia, I can't imagine even the most voracious readers of DYK struggling through it; I hope its creation is for some competition or financial recompense. (ooofff, what a bitchy mood I'm in this afternoon) Belle (talk) 14:40, 17 July 2014 (UTC)

I find the idea of two egg shaped stars spinning round each other every six hours exchanging plasma pretty trippy...but that's just me I guess.....Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 15:07, 17 July 2014 (UTC)
If only you'd written that instead of all the numbers...Belle (talk) 15:28, 17 July 2014 (UTC)