Greetings


Earth

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Sunrise panorama from ISS, July 2016

Mars

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Curiosity's view of "Mount Sharp" (September 9, 2015).

Fun!!

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Stars!!!

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My sincere thanks to my fellow editors for taking the time to award these!!!:

  The Teamwork Barnstar
Here is an aknowledgement to your dedication and diligence while developing and successfuly managing the two most edited articles in Wikipedia for 2 days in a row: Mars Science Laboratory and Curiosity rover. Thankyou! BatteryIncluded (talk) 15:10, 7 August 2012 (UTC)
  The Curator Barnstar
ty for the stars and the trips into telescope history, Happy New Year Fountains of Bryn Mawr (talk) 16:07, 27 December 2013 (UTC)
  The Brilliant Idea Barnstar
For your efforts in setting up the List of Mount Everest summiters by number of times to the summit Qwrk (talk) 14:18, 10 July 2015 (UTC)
  The Hard Worker's Barnstar
Your tireless work on the Mount Everest article is very much appreciated; if anyone deserves this, it's you! NekoKatsun (talk) 00:08, 1 August 2015 (UTC)
  The Mars Rover Star
To Fotaun - for your Excellent editing efforts with the "Opportunity mission timeline" and related content - Thank you - and - Enjoy! :) Drbogdan (talk) 18:12, 10 February 2018 (UTC)
  The Barnstar of Diligence
For your tireless contributions to spaceflight projects and articles. Thank you! Rowan Forest (talk) 13:34, 13 September 2018 (UTC)

DYK's

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  On March 20, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Extinct comet, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.
  On September 25, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article List of manned Mars mission plans in the 20th century, which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits your article got while on the front page (here's how) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Weee

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Orbiting the planet!

Thank you's

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Awards for fellow editors

User:RandomCritic
  The Space Barnstar
Awarded for creating, improving, and expanding numerous space-related articles. Congratulations! Fotaun (talk) 20:50, 13 January 2013 (UTC)
  The Russia Barnstar of National Merit
For updating and expanding List of Russian manned space missions Fotaun (talk) 21:02, 13 January 2013 (UTC)
  The Template Barnstar
Awarded for creating multiple templates, including Venus spacecraft, Planetary Rings, and others. Thank you for contributing them. Fotaun (talk) 21:06, 13 January 2013 (UTC)
User:Scottywong
  The Barnstar of Recovery
For helping restart the article International Resources for the Improvement of Sight with references and content. Fotaun (talk) 20:11, 13 January 2013 (UTC)
User:Green Cardamom
  The Article Rescue Barnstar
For rescuing the deleted article International Resources for the Improvement of Sight. Congratulations! Fotaun (talk) 20:11, 13 January 2013 (UTC)
  The Barnstar of Recovery
For recreating the deleted article International Resources for the Improvement of Sight with references and content. Fotaun (talk) 20:11, 13 January 2013 (UTC)
  The Human Rights Barnstar
For aiding human rights by rescuing the article International Resources for the Improvement of Sight. Fotaun (talk) 20:11, 13 January 2013 (UTC)
User:RJHall
  The Citation Barnstar
Awarded for transforming articles with hardly any citations into fully referenced articles, such as Psi9 Aurigae and many more. Fotaun (talk) 19:48, 13 January 2013 (UTC)
  The Barnstar of Diligence
In recognition of many years of edits, excellence, and contributions to the community. Congratulations! Fotaun (talk) 19:48, 13 January 2013 (UTC)
User:Old Viking
  The Exceptional Newcomer Award
Thank you for your contributions! Fotaun (talk) 18:32, 12 January 2013 (UTC)
User:Rectilinium
  The Graphic Designer's Barnstar
For designing The Space Barnstar award! Thank you! Fotaun (talk) 16:38, 12 January 2013 (UTC)
User:Elphion
  The Space Barnstar
For your contributions to articles about space, especially nebula. Fotaun (talk) 16:29, 12 January 2013 (UTC)
User:Xession
  The Space Barnstar
For outstanding contributions and improvement to spacecraft articles Fotaun (talk) 16:28, 12 January 2013 (UTC)
  The Userpage Barnstar
Awarded for an impressive and interesting user page! Fotaun (talk) 16:28, 12 January 2013 (UTC)


User:N2e
  The Space Barnstar
For contributions to articles about spacecraft! Happy new year! Fotaun (talk) 16:28, 12 January 2013 (UTC)
  The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
Awarded for many years of contributions and improvements. Congratulations! Fotaun (talk) 21:52, 13 January 2013 (UTC)
User:SalopianJames
  The Barnstar Barnstar
For introducing the The Space Barnstar! Fotaun (talk) 16:28, 12 January 2013 (UTC)
  The Photographer's Barnstar
Awarded for contributing numerous photos. Fotaun (talk) 16:28, 12 January 2013 (UTC)
  The WikiProject Barnstar
Awarded for contributions to multiple WikiProjects Fotaun (talk) 16:28, 12 January 2013 (UTC)


User talk:Sebastian scha.
  The Germany Barnstar of National Merit
For excellence in contributions about the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg. Congratulations! Fotaun (talk) 02:11, 12 January 2013 (UTC)


User:Fountains of Bryn Mawr
  The Space Barnstar
For defending, improving, and creating content related to telescopes and astronomy - Congratulations. Fotaun (talk) 02:00, 12 January 2013 (UTC)
  The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
For great contributions over many years in many areas! Fotaun (talk) 21:58, 13 January 2013 (UTC)
User:Serendipodous
  The Teamwork Barnstar
For collaboration with other editors on List of Solar System objects by size. Fotaun (talk) 20:44, 13 January 2013 (UTC)
  The Space Barnstar
For excellence in creating, defending, and improving space-related articles and lists. Congratulations and good luck! Fotaun (talk) 01:51, 12 January 2013 (UTC)
User:Kheider
  The Space Barnstar
Awarded for continued excellence and perseverance in writing, defending, expanding, and improving space related content. Fotaun (talk) 01:35, 12 January 2013 (UTC)
User:Ruslik0
  The Space Barnstar
For extraordinary contributions of content and quality to articles related to space. Congratulations! Fotaun (talk) 01:32, 12 January 2013 (UTC)
User:JorisvS
  The Space Barnstar
The Space Barnstar, for excellence in contributions to articles about outer space. Thank you for updating, expanding, and improving articles about space. Fotaun (talk) 01:15, 12 January 2013 (UTC)
User talk:BatteryIncluded
  The Mars Star
For creating numerous articles related to Mars, improving content, and encouraging other editors. Happy 2013! Fotaun (talk) 00:59, 12 January 2013 (UTC)
  The Space Barnstar
Long overdue. Thank you for your contributions. Fotaun (talk) 01:21, 12 January 2013 (UTC)
User:Drbogdan
  The Mars Star
To Drbogdan, for your excellent and quality contributions to Mars related content. Here is wishing you a great 2013, and success in your editing. Fotaun (talk) 00:58, 12 January 2013 (UTC)
  The Space Barnstar
For creating and developing KOI-172.02, and for your excellent contributions to articles about space. Fotaun (talk) 01:26, 12 January 2013 (UTC)
  The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
For your contributions and improvements to articles! Fotaun (talk) 22:07, 13 January 2013 (UTC)


User:WDGraham
  The Space Barnstar
For your numerous contributions to spaceflight content! For excellence in quality, content, and patience. Have a happy 2013 and good luck in all your editing. Fotaun (talk) 00:46, 12 January 2013 (UTC)

2013

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for the enormous contributions of my fellow editors over this past year'
  The Space Barnstar
For outstanding contributions and editing on articles about space. Fotaun (talk) 02:20, 25 December 2013 (UTC)
  The WikiProject Barnstar
For contributions to various projects and related articles. Fotaun (talk) 02:20, 25 December 2013 (UTC)
  The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
For your large contributions to knowledge and editing. Fotaun (talk) 02:20, 25 December 2013 (UTC)


Solar neighbors

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Looking good in the neighborhood! Bodies imaged up close:

Objects imaged only at low resolution:

Satellites
Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune Pluto
 
Metis
 
Polydeuces
 
Puck
 
Nereid
 
Despina
 
Larissa
 
Kerberos
 
Styx
Selected asteroids, by number Selected comets
 
Juno
 
Hebe
 
Egeria
 
Eunomia
 
Psyche
 
Amphitrite
 
Halley's
 
Hyakutake
 
Daphne
 
Bamberga
 
Davida
 
Interamnia
 
Annefrank
 
Braille
 
Holmes
 
Giacobini–Zinner
Trans-Neptunian objects (TNO), named and/or with radius above 200 km, ordered by size
 
Eris
 
Haumea
 
Makemake
 
Gonggong
 
Quaoar
 
Sedna
 
Orcus
 
Salacia
 
Varda
 
Ixion
 
Varuna
 
Gǃkúnǁʼhòmdímà
 
Dziewanna
 
Huya

See also the radar images at "Near-Earth object".

Earth

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Projects

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After seven long years, in January 2017, I finally finished my little project to create a set of articles for the Juno orbiter

  • 2010 JunoCam
  • 2012 JIRAM
  • 2013 JEDI
  • 2016 JADE
  • 2016 MAG
  • 2016 UVS
  • 2017 Waves
  • 2017 Gravity Science
  • 2017 Radiation Vault

It took a long time because it was not a primary goal, and of course they are only started (what is finished on Wikipedia?). With Juno at Jupiter now updates and new results from each instrument can be incorporated into independent articles. Time will tell if they hold up, but I am glad to finish this at least

What is Wikipedia?

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Wikipedia:Five pillars

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