h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

For eawse of access Entry:Eris is located at A24802869

OK, I'll give in to GB and list the minor changes needed. But I feel this should be picked whether Shagbark does these changes or not, as the sub can do them easily.

Add Eris to the list of links at the top, not as a link but as plain text with the vertical bars on either side of it. Put it at the appropriate point in the list.

named Eris for the goddess of discord --> named Eris after the goddess of discord
(British rather than American)

2400 km --> 2,400km
Remove space before km everywhere it occurs. (This applies to metric units such as km, g, m etc but not to units like day, year.
grams/cm3 --> g/cm3

Remove space between 44.19 and degree sign.

27K(-246C) put a space after K, and a degree sign ° after 246

in the a likely value --> in a likely value

-much to the delight -- put a space between the dash and much.

fine as as long as I am rearanging the navigation bar I will put the Centaur back next to Saturn.

got to RL is calling.

Back again. Lets see here
Navigation bar includes Eris in correct format check
2,400km check
g/cm⊃3 check
44.19° check
27K(-246°C) check
in a likely value check
dash space much check
a flea and a fly in a flue no check
. DONE

I can only see one problem now. The entries for many of the other planets give "Inclination of Axis" which is the inclination of the planet's axis of rotation (north/south pole) to the ecliptic.

The figure you've provided for Eris is not the inclination of its axis. It is a different type of inclination - the inclination of its plane of orbit to the ecliptic. That's a trifle confusing. Perhaps you should call it "Inclination of Orbital Plane".

I need to think on that one. I know Pluto is inclined to the ecliptic let me see what we did there.

Preliminary research shows that nobody has yet figured out the Inclination of Axis. to avoid confusion I eleimited inclination of the orbit from the table and moved it to the text in the same manner that Pluto is listed.

This highlights one of the differences of Trans Neptunian objects.
Pluto, Sedna, and Eris are all inclined more than ten degrees to the orbits of the big eight. So perhaps Dwarf Planets should have a different set of facts from Planets.

just dropping by to see the work in progress and wish you well with this entry. I'm learning a whole lot by reading it. thanks Shagbark

Where we first mention Jupiter and Pluto in the text do you think we should put links there?

There's no harm in doing that. It's not essential because the links are already there in the link list at the top.

done

,
A flea and a fly in a flue
Were trapped now what could they do
They found a wormhole in classic goo
And slipping inside
They went for a ride
And off to Eris they flew.

Note: the poem will not be included in the article.

anything else?

I think that Galaxy Babe and Gnomon have gone to Hull so you may have to wait til they come back.

I kind of expected that. I am in no hurry.

Well I already said there was nothing else. But Shagbark should not keep posting on this conversation every day, unless he has something to say. It only annoys the scouts.

Not just the Scouts

I'm not sure why you can't add that poem as your intro, Shagbark? It's your own work, isn't it? (I recognise the style)