Talk:Guiana Space Centre
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[edit] rotational velocity
Kourou is located only 500 km north of the equator, at a latitude of 5 degrees. At this latitude, the Earth's rotation gives an additional velocity of almost 500 m/s
Additional 500 m/s as compared to where? Kazakhstan? --Brouhaha 20:43, 13 Feb 2005 (UTC)
I don't think the value for 500m/s is correct, as the rotational speed of the Earth at the equator is quoted in the Earth article as being 465m/s (near the heading "Earth in the Solar System" on the right). Wasn't sure whether to change this or not.
- Apparently this is 465 m/s compared to launch from a hypothetical non-rotating Earth! Sdsds 19:18, 17 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] location
- Note that French Guiana is not in Europe geographically; despite it's owned by a country in Europe (France), geographically, it's in South America. Bigtop 23:54, 23 August 2006 (UTC)
- No kidding...I think most people figured that out. By the way, it's not owned by France, it is France. Think about Hawaii and Alaska... --Aquarelle 08:02, 9 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] name of article - French or English
This is an english language page and as such should have the common use english name
- Agreed - I will move it to "Guiana Space Center". --Zippy 17:27, 17 March 2007 (UTC)
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- That was probably done with too much haste. Did you consider that, in English the name is correctly spelled "Centre"? It is, after all, Europe's spaceport! And too: it's a name, not a phrase. If my name were François, would you insist on calling me Francis? Please change back every premature edit you made, until concensus on this can be reached. Sdsds 18:50, 17 March 2007 (UTC)
- I've requested that it is moved back - if it had been discussed, it would have not been moved due to the lack of consensus.
- To reinforce the case to keep it where it was, there are well over twice as many search results for "Centre Spatial Guyanais" as for either "Guiana Space Center" or "Guiana Space Centre":
| Page name | Google results | Results page |
|---|---|---|
| Guiana Space Center | 27,300 | [1] |
| Guiana Space Centre | 29,800 | [2] |
| Centre Spatial Guyanais | 88,400 | [3] |
I think this makes the way forward very clear. --GW_SimulationsUser Page | Talk 22:24, 9 April 2007 (UTC)
- WP:UE is fairly clear that English names should be used in most circumstances. However, the spelling favoured by the agency itself should be used, which in this instance is Commonwealth English. Searching English-language sites (and excluding Wikipedia) yields 28,400 for "Guiana Space Centre", 24,200 for "Guiana Space Center" and only 12,600 for "Centre Spatial Guyanais", meaning that CSG fails even WP:NC(CN). --Stemonitis 10:37, 10 April 2007 (UTC)
- Could you please provide links to these results to prove that they are correct. I seriously doubt that the difference of 76,000 or so search results between my checks (above) and your checks can be explained by simply your elimination of Wikipedia articles from your search. --GW_SimulationsUser Page | Talk 18:09, 12 April 2007 (UTC)
- And in continuation of this, a quick search proves that your results are incorrect. I searched for the French spelling without Wikipedia, and found 80,100 results. --GW_SimulationsUser Page | Talk 18:13, 12 April 2007 (UTC)
- "Centre Spatial Guyanais" -Wikipedia 928
- "Guiana Space Center" -Wikipedia 20,400
- "Guiana Space Centre" -Wikipedia 25,700
- In each case, click on "Advanced search" to confirm that it is searching only English-language sites. The value for "Centre Spatial Guyanais" does seem to have dropped unexpectedly, but the ratio between the others is about the same, and there is no indication that the title should be changed based on these numbers. Failing to exclude non-English-language sites must be the reason for the disparity between your numbers and mine. It's an easy mistake to make. --Stemonitis 18:25, 12 April 2007 (UTC)
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