Template:Did you know nominations/2011 XC2

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The result was: promoted by Matty.007 18:02, 27 February 2014 (UTC)

2011 XC2 edit

  • ... that the 60-140-metre asteroid 2011 XC2 missed the Earth by less than 1 lunar distance on 3 December 2011?

Created by Kheider (talk). Nominated by Casliber (talk) at 13:15, 27 February 2014 (UTC).

  • I know this is 24 hours past the cutoff, but I thought we were a bit low on hooks and this is pretty interesting (I didn't write it, just stumbled over it today), so am throwing it out there to see if folks feel like using some discretion and reviewing it. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 13:20, 27 February 2014 (UTC)

The following has been checked in this review by Maile

  • QPQ done by Cas Liber
  • Article created by Kheider on February 20, 2014 and has 1,558 characters of readable prose
  • Every paragraph sourced
  • Hook is interesting, stated in the article and sourced by JPL data
  • Duplication Detector check of online sourcing found no copyvio
  • Disambig links tool found no issues
  • External links tool found no issues
  • No issue with the deadline. D9
  • Thanks for nominating it Cas Liber. Good to go. — Maile (talk) 17:01, 27 February 2014 (UTC)