Talk:Luna 1

message: I have a question. Was the space craft call Lunik by the Russians? And why is it called Luna 1 by English speaking people? Does Lunik mean Moon in Russian? 
And in the text I see "Luna 1 (Russian: Lunik I | Space Rocket I)". What does the pipe (|) means? What is the Space Rocket I doing there?
Thanks in advance for answering. Laudaka 11:26, 26 Jan 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: There is no such word in Russian as "Lunik" (I'm Russian). "Luna" is a Russian word for moon, and all spacecrafts were named such. I'm correcting this. Int19h 04:05, 16 Jun 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Questions about name of Luna 1/Lunik I

message: In the text of Luna 1, Luna 2, Luna 3, etc. I see sometimes Lunik x and sometimes Luna x. I'm in the process of changing all those to Luna x. I suppose it makes most sense to use the name by which it was called in newspapers. Does anybody know whether it was called Luna x or Lunik x in the newspapers? (I wasn't born yet so I'm not sure :-P ) Thanks in advance for answering. Laudaka 11:26, 26 Jan 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: The Russians didn't call it Luna-1 until much later.  Luna-1 through 3 were called the "First (second, third) Cosmic Rocket".  Cosmic rocket refered specifically to a rocket that reached the second cosmic speed -- escape velocity.  The Luna terminology was applied retroactively, perhaps Luna-4 was the first that was actually named that way. DonPMitchell (talk) 04:19, 2 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Question about if in the text there should be Luna x or Lunik x

message: Can Luna 1 still be located? That is, is the trajectory known well enough and is it big enough to be observable from earth?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 130.233.97.85 (talk) 04:38, 7 November 2017 (UTC)
thread_title: Question about its current location

message: i am new to wikipedia - maybe someone can help me by answering this question so that i may create my own pages properly in the future:  why does this addition of this material not constitute a copyright violation if it was brought directly from the source webpage without modification?--James Naeger 03:52, 2 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Twelve years late, but it is in the public domain, so it can be copied without modification or attribution. Kees08 (Talk) 18:07, 10 November 2019 (UTC)
thread_title: copyright?

message: This article suggests that the mission was a failure (probe supposed to hit the moon?) but doesn't say anything specific. Any information on that? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 190.40.130.44 (talk) 18:00, 16 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't have the sources here but I've seen them in the past. In the press at the time, the Soviets soft-pedaled that Luna 1 was a lunar impact mission; most likely they didn't have a lot of confidence in their ability to hit the moon on their first shot. As it was, Luna 1 was hardly a failure. A lot of useful science was gathered from its mission, plus it became the first probe in history to leave the Earth, enter the solar system and orbit the Sun. Luna 2 was a different story. The Soviets trumpeted that they were going to hit the moon, and they did. Jsc1973 (talk) 04:32, 2 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Mission failed? 

message: What rocket was Luna 1 launched on?--66.41.59.217 02:32, 24 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: The R-7, according to Deborah Cadbury's Space Race book. --203.184.43.88 10:40, 26 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Rocket? 

message: If the periastron in less than 1 and the apoastron in greater than 1, is there a possible end to Luna 1 in the atmosphere of Earth?   AMCKen 03:02, 28 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: It'd be very unlikely. 58.178.185.129 (talk) 13:03, 5 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Earth orbit crossing

message: Reference 5 doesn't work  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.131.2.134 (talk) 01:41, 20 February 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: reference 5

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message: In the text, it says, "The flux-gate magnetometer was triaxial and could measure ± 3000 gammas." (with no specific citation).  I'm not familiar with units of "gamma" for magnetic field; is this something from the Soviet literature of the time?  The SI unit is tesla (lowercase, with symbol "T"); the Earth's magnetic field is 32 μT.  The old CGS unit is "gauss" (lowercase, with symbol "G"); the Earth's magnetic field in those units is 0.32 G. Kelseymh (talk) 03:19, 2 January 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: Good question.  I had not heard of it either.  It turns out a gamma is a nanotesla.  See Tesla_(unit)#Conversion_to_non-SI_units.  I've also updated the reference so you can see the page in the book. Nowa (talk) 14:21, 2 January 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Units of flux-gate magentometer? 

message: I don't see any information about how big Luna 1 was. There is a weight but no size. Seems like basic info that would be informative. Unknowntouncertain (talk) 19:23, 2 January 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: Agreed, but the only info I can find is weight. Nowa (talk) 21:40, 2 January 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: Here's an article that says 4-foot diameter.  The Luna 1 Hoax Hoax | Air & Space Magazine| Smithsonian Magazine Unknowntouncertain (talk) 21:53, 4 January 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: Great find!  I added the diameter to the article. Nowa (talk) 21:06, 5 January 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Dimensions?