User talk:G.deg.

Maria on the Moon

Hello G.deg. I had to revert you edits since you were using the wrong units of measure. You thought NASA was listing the numbers in miles but NASA was using km. Shame on NASA for not listing a unit of measure on their website. Sorry for undoing your honest effort. -- Kheider (talk) 06:46, 21 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Kevin. To be honest, I originally intended to edit the article by simply adding Mare Anguis, Mare Australe, Mare Fecunditatis, Mare Humboldtianum, Mare Humorum and Mare Ingenii to the list— I just noticed that they have since been removed from the list without prior explanation given. When I went to NASA's lunar atlas website and read the descriptions for both Mare Anguis and Mare Australe, I noticed that the description paragraph states that the diameter given for both of these is in miles. Though not all the descriptions for the other maria make it clear that the diameters are expressed in miles, I assumed that whoever wrote the descriptions for the other maria on NASA's list was consistent in the unit of measurement used (and since the first two descriptions make it clear that the diameters are expressed in miles, I assumed the rest of the diameters were also expressed in miles and proceeded to convert the measurements given in the wikipedia article to km.) It is in my interest that the information given in the wikipedia article be accurate, so if you are certain that I made a mistake when editing, then I will not bother you any longer with explanations for my actions. P.S: My name is not Greg, as I am female.

Edit: I just checked the second page you linked to and you seem to be right. I will add Mare Anguis, Mare Australe, Mare Fecunditatis, Mare Humboldtianum, Mare Humorum and Mare Ingenii to the list and will be sure to use the right unit of measurement this time. Thank you for your help!

Sorry about getting your name wrong. I guess I made a quick and incorrect assumption. :) I have added references to the USGS website on the main articles for many of the List of maria on the Moon and have included a wiki-conversion to list mi in parenthesis of those larger than 500km, wiki-code: {{convert|1123|km|mi|abbr=on}}

Yikes, you are right the NASA site does show Mare Anguis and Mare Australe in miles. I tried to contact the lunar.arc.nasa.gov website, but their contact e-mail address is bouncing and the site has not been updated since 2001. -- Kheider (talk) 04:25, 23 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]