Talk:Moon

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Use of the Venus of Laussel picture[edit]

The mention that "the 13 notches on the horn may symbolize the average number of days from menstruation to an ovulation, or the approximate number of full menstrual cycles and lunar cycles per year" is dubious. It's pure speculation. The 13 notches could very well be an artistic representation of the ridges found on many types of horns, such as ram horns, and may have nothing to do with the moon. I'm thinking that this picture doesn't really belong in this article. Dhrm77 (talk) 02:24, 28 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I tend to agree, however if an editing war ensues it may not be worth it. Assambrew (talk) 02:33, 28 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
It is cited, so it is not OR. So the question is more whether it is WP:due. Given the similarity of the length of the cycles and fairly extensive mythology as a result, it seems to me that it is due. And, in a gentle way, affirms that it is nonsense. I would let it stand. 𝕁𝕄𝔽 (talk) 17:19, 30 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Rotation of the moon[edit]

Does anyone know when astronomers came to realise that the Moon rotates? Because tidal locking means that its rotation is not obvious, especially if your mental map of the universe has the Earth at its centre. 𝕁𝕄𝔽 (talk) 17:09, 30 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 15 February 2024[edit]

Change the lunar libration animation under position and appearance to the higher quality animation: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lunar_libration_with_phase_Oct_2007_HD.gif Poopooman-ger (talk) 00:04, 15 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Done
Urro[talk][edits] ⋮ 16:16, 19 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

density of the Moon[edit]

The mass of the Moon is given in kg, but the density is in g/cm3, although for the Earth it has already been corrected (thanks!) to kg/m3. Other celestial bodies should be reviewed and their data corrected. Mir.Nalezinski (talk) 19:23, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

as pointed out on Talk:Earth, both seem to be plausibly acceptable, as kg/m3 is slightly more internally consistent, while g/cm3 are the units usually used by astronomers. I wouldn't go out of my way to change them all to be one or the other. Remsense 19:26, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 24 March 2024[edit]

There's an extra curly brace (rendered) at Physical characteristics -> Surface gravity:
"1.622 m/s2  {(0.1654 g; 5.318 ft/s2)"
Xly4 (talk) 16:10, 24 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Done Hyphenation Expert (talk) 18:07, 24 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]