Talk:Jezero (crater)

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Images of full crater[edit]

The great resolution full crater topology image here [1] by Tim Goudge gives clearer context to File:260184-JezeroCrater-Delta-Full.jpg, if it can be uploaded to Wikipedia. Tom Ruen (talk) 09:21, 20 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Done - @Tomruen: - added the suggested image (File:NASA-Mars-JezeroCrater-20181116.jpg) and related caption^[1]^[2] - to the main article - seems ok at the moment - please comment if otherwise of course - in any case - Enjoy! :) Drbogdan (talk) 15:01, 20 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

This article also has some nice images in sequence of scale. Assessing the mineralogy of the watershed and fan deposits of the Jezero crater paleolake system, Mars^[3] Tom Ruen (talk) 15:14, 20 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ RBurnham (19 November 2018). "Overflowing crater lakes carved Mars canyon". Red Planet Report. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
^ Staff (19 November 2018). "Overflowing Crater Lakes Carved Canyons Across Mars". University of Texas at Austin. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
^ Goudge, Timothy A.; et al. (6 March 2015). "JGR Planets - Assessing the mineralogy of the watershed and fan deposits of the Jezero crater paleolake system, Mars". AGU100. doi:10.1002/2014JE004782. Retrieved 20 November 2018. {{cite journal}}: Explicit use of et al. in: |author= (help)

Pronunciation[edit]

A few days ago Eric Kvaalen added "(pronounced YEZero)" to the intro. I have upgraded this to Wikpedia's standards of IPA and respelling by replacing it with "(/'jɛzəroʊ/ YEH-zə-roh)", but I am not convinced this is in fact the established pronunciation. The Wiktionary entry for the source word jezero has /jêzero/ which would be naturally approximated in English as /'jɛzəroʊ/, and this is how I would be inclined to pronounce it, but a NASA video has /'dʒɛzəroʊ/ and a French scientist involved in ExoMars site selection uses an initial /ʒ/. My money is on most of the Mars 2020 team, who will make this crater famous, pronouncing it /'dʒɛzəroʊ/ based on the spelling. The situation should be kept under review as the mission progresses and this name gains further exposure, which will likely result in a standard being established amongst English speakers. Beorhtwulf (talk) 14:03, 2 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

OK, I have gone ahead and put in /dʒ-/ as an option. The issue is addressed here and is as I expected: "It is correctly pronounced something like “YEH-zuh-doh,” though mission team members typically pronounce it “DZEH-zuh-row.”" Looking past the botched respellings it is clear the Serbo-Croation pronunciation is being referred to as the 'correct' one, and there is a link to a sound recording someone with the relevant language competence made, and /dʒɛzəroʊ/ is being referred to as the one used by the mission team, which backs up the NASA video linked above. Beorhtwulf (talk) 22:41, 9 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

It's not pronounced [ˈjɛzəɹoʊ] and certainly not ['dʒɛzəɹoʊ]. Pronounciation is ['je.ze.ro]. I'm a Croat, same word "jezero" is used in Croatia and Bosnia & Herzegovina, I can verify this 100 %. Just because someone pronounced it incorrectly at NASA doesn't make their pronounciation good or something to be perpetuated by Wikipedia. Don't let such errors multiply by giving them credit on a site like this, please. This toponym is barely known outside the Balkans, but it will become famous. Do try to avoid spoiling it beforehand. Lajoswinkler (talk) 15:28, 30 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

So why the revert? Are you just going to ignore language facts? That's not how Wikipedia works. You can't just cite a source and claim it's true just because it's a source. Lajoswinkler (talk) 14:29, 16 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Using Template:Clear to fix images breaking map[edit]

Please note I made this edit to fix the interactive map breakage caused by too many images being added to the preceding section in the last few hours. -84user (talk) 10:35, 20 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Jezero crater diameter[edit]

Hello. It seems in the lead, the diameter of the crater is incorrect. According to NASA it is 28 miles (45 kilometers) [2] and not 49.0 kilometers (30.4 miles). It seems the two references surrounding this text don't have anything on the diameter of this crater. ---Steve Quinn (talk) 19:49, 1 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Also, I think the abbreviations km (for kilometers) and mi (for miles) in the lead should be spelled out for the benefit of the reader. I think this is according to WP:MOS recommendations. ---Steve Quinn (talk) 20:04, 1 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

So in 2026, when we plan to visit there; what will be our itinerary?[edit]

I would love to know what to pack? 2605:8D80:326:E40F:E862:EEFC:806A:B9C5 (talk) 07:19, 30 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

[RPR-20181119-1] RBurnham (19 November 2018). "Overflowing crater lakes carved Mars canyon". Red Planet Report. Retrieved 20 November 2018.

[UT-20181119-2] Staff (19 November 2018). "Overflowing Crater Lakes Carved Canyons Across Mars". University of Texas at Austin. Retrieved 20 November 2018.

[AGU-20150306-3] Goudge, Timothy A.; et al. (6 March 2015). "JGR Planets - Assessing the mineralogy of the watershed and fan deposits of the Jezero crater paleolake system, Mars". AGU100. doi:10.1002/2014JE004782. Retrieved 20 November 2018. {{cite journal}}: Explicit use of et al. in: |author= (help)

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