Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Earth orbits

Comparison of orbits around Earth

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SVG animation comparing some Earth orbits, radiation belts and Earth to scale.^[1] To allow size and statistic comparison, orbits are drawn perpendicular to the image.^[2] animation

^ The Moon's orbit is around 9 times larger than geostationary orbit
^ Most of the orbits are actually at significant inclination

Reason: very nice svg animation, EV
Articles in which this image appears: GLONASS, Galileo (satellite navigation), Geostationary orbit, Global Positioning System, Low Earth orbit

Medium Earth orbit, Satellite navigation

FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Space/Understanding
Creator: Cmglee

Support as nominator – Nergaal (talk) 19:29, 16 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
~~Uh, could you redo this nomination so we can actually see the file you want to nominate?~~ Daniel Case (talk) 22:08, 16 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

OK, thanks. 23:38, 16 March 2018 (UTC)

Support – Thanks, Nergaal. I think it has plenty of encyclopedic value, too :-) Please let me know if any changes should be made. Thanks, cmɢʟee⎆τaʟκ 00:55, 17 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Comment - This is tagged as having embedded raster images. Could we get a true SVG? — Chris Woodrich (talk) 01:38, 17 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
- I have no idea how "embedding" and "true" work. Nergaal (talk) 10:24, 17 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  - Embedding uses an image tag with a "data:image/jpeg" etc MIME type and Base64 encoding to include a bitmap within the SVG. If that's truly a problem, I'll update the globe with a polar map. The issue is that the file size will increase, and unless I find an orthographic projection, the globe won't be as accurate as the current one. Cheers, cmɢʟee⎆τaʟκ 23:29, 19 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Comment - Are all these orbits (at least nearly) equatorial? If they are, then I would support but if not (which I suspect), then the image is misleading, and in that case oppose, unless a proper explanation is made in the caption. The little earth as a raster image doesn't bother me. The animation and highlighting is nice, but it works only on the original file. --Janke | Talk 16:58, 17 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
- (Edit) I noticed the orbit explanation on the file page, but it needs to be in the caption, at least in some form... --Janke | Talk 17:06, 17 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  - Not sure exactly what to put in to do justice to the image contents. Nergaal (talk) 19:47, 18 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    - Thanks for the note, Janke. How about To let their sizes be compared and attributes read off the scales, orbits are flattened to appear perpendicular to the image; most of the orbits are actually at significant inclination. ? Cheers, cmɢʟee⎆τaʟκ 00:38, 20 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
      - Yes, but nevertheless, keep the caption as short as possible, and include it on this page, too. Maybe the Earth shouldn't rotate, I feel that it further increases the chance of "equatorial misconception"... ;-) --Janke | Talk 09:54, 20 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
        Done (see above). I feel the Earth rotation helps understand GEO, and the second sentence in the caption sufficiently makes it clear that most orbits are inclined. Any thoughts, anyone? cmɢʟee⎆τaʟκ 23:43, 20 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
- Support now. --Janke | Talk 08:03, 21 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Support Conditional support, provided explanation is added per Janke's concerns. Wow. It's a shame that there's no support for inline SVG, and that the thumbnail appears so ugly, but I don't think there's anything in the FP criteria that discourages such animations. --Paul_012 (talk) 22:39, 18 March 2018 (UTC), 13:54, 26 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
- I've added a "link" parameter to the thumbnail so that it directly loads the SVG when clicked. The file description page is still accessible via the ⧉-like icon. Cheers, cmɢʟee⎆τaʟκ 23:31, 19 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  - Dude, you can probably get most of your vectorized diagram FPs. Nergaal (talk) 00:37, 20 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    - Thanks, Nergaal, kind of you to say that. I feel illustrating is my way of giving back to the community to educate the next generation, and don't really pursue glory. Of course, I'm touched whenever someone like yourself thinks it worthy of recognition! Cheers, cmɢʟee⎆τaʟκ 00:44, 20 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
      - The point (I see) for FPs is that they get featured on the mainpage. If nothing else, some more people will notice your work. Keep up the great work. Nergaal (talk) 02:16, 20 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
        ~~The caption still needs an explanation about the orbits not being equatorial (see above).~~ OK, I see it's Done, so no objections anymore... ;-) --Janke | Talk 09:51, 20 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Bammesk (talk) 14:18, 24 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Comparison satellite navigation orbits.svg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 21:48, 26 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

[1] The Moon's orbit is around 9 times larger than geostationary orbit

[2] Most of the orbits are actually at significant inclination

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