Template:Did you know nominations/GN-z11

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The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: rejected by Yoninah (talk) 20:50, 13 March 2016 (UTC)
Withdrawn by nominator; already appeared on ITN

GN-z11[edit]

GN-z11 superimposed on an image from the GOODS-North survey.
GN-z11 superimposed on an image from the GOODS-North survey.
  • ... that the galaxy GN-z11, with a spectroscopic redshift of z = 11.1 and an age 13.4 billion years, is the oldest and most distant known object in the observable universe?
  • ALT1:... that the galaxy GN-z11, with an age 13.4 billion years, is the oldest and most distant known object in the observable universe?
  • ALT2 the newly discovered galaxy GN-z11, age 13.4 billion years, is the oldest and most distant known object in the observable universe?


Created/expanded by DarthBotto (talk) and CuriousMind01 (talk). Nominated by DarthBotto (talk) at 22:09, 4 March 2016 (UTC).

  • All the criteria have been met, Alt1 is the best for the main page. Gtg... Coffee // have a cup // beans // 01:22, 6 March 2016 (UTC)
  • After this edit, the article's readable prose count is under 1500 characters. Currently, it checks in at 1484, which is too short. Ashorocetus (talk | contribs) 06:01, 6 March 2016 (UTC)
  • Made a few quick copyedits, and raised the prose size to 1612 characters. Now once again gtg. Coffee // have a cup // beans // 07:50, 6 March 2016 (UTC)
  • I think I've unintentionally quashed this - I've recently posted this as an ITN item, which I believe makes it ineligible for DYK. --Bongwarrior (talk) 22:41, 8 March 2016 (UTC)