SleekRank for asteroid pages
Keep numbers, names, diameters, and orbit classes in a single sheet. SleekRank renders one indexable URL per asteroid at /asteroids/{slug}/ from a base page that holds the layout once.
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Asteroid pages share a fixed schema
An asteroid page is fields more than prose: number, name, provisional designation, diameter in kilometers, orbit class, semi-major axis in AU, eccentricity, inclination, albedo, spectral type, discovery year, and discoverer. Hand-built minor planet directories drift quickly. Diameters mix kilometers with miles, orbit class labels slide between Main Belt and main-belt, names sometimes appear with the number and sometimes without, and discovery dates use different formats per row.
SleekRank reads a minor planet sheet (Google Sheets or CSV) and renders one URL per row at /asteroids/{slug}/ using a base WordPress page as the template. Number, name, diameter, and orbit class slot into the same place on every page via selector mappings. Close approaches render as ordered lists via list mappings. Update the sheet, clear the cache, and every page reflects the new data.
The sample table behind this group already shows the pattern: ceres (1, 939 km, Main Belt), vesta (4, 525 km, Main Belt), pallas (2, 512 km, Main Belt), bennu (101955, 0.49 km, Apollo NEO), and itokawa (25143, 0.33 km, Apollo NEO). Each row carries its own orbital class, and adding a newly numbered asteroid is a sheet append plus a cache clear.
Workflow
From minor planet sheet to per-asteroid pages
Build the asteroid sheet
Wire SleekRank mappings
Design the asteroid page layout
Cache and ship
Data in, pages out
From minor planet sheet to asteroid pages
| slug | number | diameter_km | orbit_class | discovery_year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ceres | 1 | 939 | Main Belt | 1801 |
| vesta | 4 | 525 | Main Belt | 1807 |
| pallas | 2 | 512 | Main Belt | 1802 |
| bennu | 101955 | 0.49 | Apollo NEO | 1999 |
| itokawa | 25143 | 0.33 | Apollo NEO | 1998 |
/asteroids/{slug}/
- /asteroids/ceres/
- /asteroids/vesta/
- /asteroids/pallas/
- /asteroids/bennu/
- /asteroids/itokawa/
Comparison
Per-asteroid posts versus a single source sheet
Manual posts per asteroid
- Diameter units drift between kilometers, miles, and meters
- Orbit class labels alternate between Main Belt and main-belt
- Numbers and provisional designations get mixed up across rows
- Albedo values appear with and without leading zeros
- Close-approach dates use varied formats
- New numbered asteroids mean cloning posts one by one
SleekRank
- One URL per asteroid from a single base page
- Diameter, orbit class, and discovery year live in fixed selector slots
- Close approaches and physical traits render as clean lists
- Number, provisional designation, and discoverer become real fields
- Sheet edits flow to every page on cache flush
- Sitemap auto-includes every asteroid URL
Features
What SleekRank gives you for asteroid pages
Per-asteroid URLs
Each asteroid in the sheet gets its own URL like /asteroids/ceres/, generated from one base page. Adding a newly numbered minor planet is a row in the sheet, not a new WordPress post.
Approaches as lists
Map close_approaches or physical_characteristics arrays to list selectors so each entry renders as its own list item with consistent formatting across the entire catalog.
Sheet-driven edits
Astronomers edit the sheet, not WordPress. Cache flushes, and every page reflects the new values. Updating diameter after a radar campaign refines it happens in one place.
Use cases
Who builds asteroid pages with SleekRank
Planetary defense outreach
Groups that maintain pages for near-Earth objects and want consistent diameter, orbit class, and close-approach data per asteroid, refreshed from the same source.
University astronomy programs
Programs that build teaching catalogs for main-belt and NEO populations and want a clean per-asteroid URL with consistent fields across thousands of objects.
Space mission archives
Mission teams that publish visited-asteroid pages (Bennu, Itokawa, Ryugu, Eros) and need a structured template per target tied back to mission data.
The bigger picture
Why asteroid content is structured data
Minor planet records are numbers wrapped in names. Diameter is a number in kilometers. Orbit class is a controlled vocabulary.
Eccentricity is a dimensionless ratio. Inclination is degrees. Each one is structured data, and treating every asteroid as a freeform post throws the structure away.
Readers scanning an asteroid page want to find the diameter, orbit class, and discovery year in the same place every time, not buried differently on each post. With SleekRank, layout stays uniform because every page reads from the same fields. Bulk updates after a radar campaign or orbit refinement become a sheet edit instead of a multi-page audit.
Outreach groups, university programs, and mission archives all benefit; readers get consistency, editors stay sane, and the SEO surface grows steadily as new minor planets enter the catalog.
Questions
Common questions about SleekRank for asteroid pages
No. SleekRank does not generate asteroid content. You provide the sheet, number, name, diameter, orbit class, and so on, and SleekRank renders one page per row. Editorial responsibility for orbital and physical accuracy stays with you. SleekRank's role is the rendering and routing layer between the dataset and the live site.
 
Yes. Add an image_url column to the sheet and map it via a tag or selector mapping that injects an . For Open Graph cards, pair SleekRank with SleekPixel for dynamic OG images that take the slug as a parameter and render a branded card with the number and diameter.
Add an orbit_class column (Apollo, Aten, Amor, Main Belt, Trojan) and render it via a selector mapping. The same template can handle every class; pages just show different orbital parameters, and NEOs carry close-approach arrays while Trojans carry libration points.
 Store close approaches as an array column with date, distance in lunar distances, and relative velocity per row, then render via a list mapping. The dataset carries the records, the template carries the formatting.
 SleekRank caches the source per cacheDuration set in seconds. Edit the sheet, clear the SleekRank cache via WP-CLI or admin, and the next request rebuilds the page with new data. For asteroid catalogs (a slow-changing domain) set cacheDuration high so the sheet is not constantly refetched.
 Yes. Each generated URL is a real WordPress page included in the sitemap. The base template is excluded automatically so the scaffolding does not compete with real asteroid pages. Run a rewrite flush after adding new slugs so the routes resolve immediately on production.
 Yes, but that's a hub page rather than the per-asteroid URL. Build /asteroids/ as a filter page that pulls from the same dataset and filters by orbit class, diameter range, or spectral type. SleekRank handles the per-asteroid detail pages; the hub uses the same source as the single point of truth.
 Pick a canonical slug (usually the name once one is assigned, otherwise the provisional designation), and store the number and provisional designation as separate columns. Add redirects from old provisional-slug URLs so external citations resolve to the current page.
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