Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/HLV2514

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was soft delete. Based on minimal participation, this uncontroversial nomination is treated as an expired PROD (a.k.a. "soft deletion"). Editors can request the article's undeletion. This seems appropriate given the potential for this being just WP:TOOSOON. Barkeep49 (talk) 01:12, 8 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

HLV2514[edit]

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From everything I've read, the asteroid is not particularly notable in any regard except its discovery circumstances. There is no science-oriented news site coverage, and even the discovery circumstances aren't too exceptional. Many other people participated in the collaboration this year and other years and have discovered asteroids as well, and amateur asteroid discovery isn't uncommon at all (Example), as well as neither are Indian school kids discovering an asteroid in a public outreach research program. exoplanetaryscience (talk) 06:29, 29 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Astronomy-related deletion discussions. exoplanetaryscience (talk) 06:29, 29 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

How big is the asteroid? If it's larger than say, several tens of metres, then I'd say it's worth keeping an article. Wjfox2005 (talk) 06:50, 29 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Currently unpublished, as it hasn't been reported yet. However, judging by the fact that it was only discovered now, I would say not very big. Keep in mind though, that there are (literally) over 9000 known earth-crossing asteroids with sizes more than 100 meters. exoplanetaryscience (talk) 07:45, 29 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I have to agree that this page has been based entirely on press reports that are themselves full of errors. HLV2514 is not a "designation" by the IAU or MPC which are the only official bodies responsible for nomenclature. Once these data are submitted to the MPC, the object will get a temporary id based on the standard process. As far as I know, this has not been submitted to the MPC yet. As far as getting a name - NASA has nothing to do with it. Once the orbit is well enough determined that the object is eligible for a number (also MPC), the discoverers are eligible to suggest a name to the IAU Working Group for Small Body Nomenclature. It will be approved, or not, by that group.

HLV2514 is a temporary designation, which will be replaced by another temporary designation (likely 2020 O-something) before being given a name, if one ever comes. By then we should have enough info to write a decent-sized article on it. This is really an article being written too early. We don't even have data on the orbit or designation, which usually dominate these types of articles. Wait and maybe we'll learn more about this asteroid. ― Дрейгорич / Dreigorich Talk 11:57, 30 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Sounds to me like grounds for deletion at the moment based on WP:NOTNEWS. exoplanetaryscience (talk) 23:00, 30 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note to closer for soft deletion: This nomination has had limited participation and falls within the standards set for lack of quorum. There are no previous AfD discussions, undeletions, or current redirects and no previous PRODs have been located. This nomination may be eligible for soft deletion at the end of its 7-day listing. --Cewbot (talk) 00:02, 6 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.