Talk:Space weathering

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[edit] Good Article nomination On Hold

I need to check this article out with Wikipedia:Scientific citation guidelines. While I'm doing this, if some dedicated editors could go over it carefully, word by word looking for terms that may need to be wikilinked (that is, terms that might puzzle a non-science person), then that would be a Good Thing.

--Ling.Nut 03:36, 18 December 2006 (UTC)

Added "on hold" template to this page. What I see here is insufficient citation as well as insufficient wikilinking. I see a need for terms like "micrometeorites" and "high energy particles" to be linked or explained (Agglutinates was nicely done, just as an example). I'd also wikilink all element names (hydrogen, helium, etc.) and where you have a red link (nanophase iron, for example), either create a stub to explain it or else put an explanation into the article.

There is some need for more compelling prose, it's a little dense at times. It's not horrible, overal it's clearer and better organized than Moon, but there are some places where my eyes start to cross.

Also, what's the significance of the conundrum of the spectra of asteroids not matching the meteorites? From the text, it appears that maybe this is evidence of some kind of space weathering, but it is not clear to me...(and it's unsourced) There are also no sources for the history section.

Just some things I see. Montanabw 19:59, 27 December 2006 (UTC)