... VI = "very interesting"? "Six"? I have trouble understanding my kids' text messages, too. What does an Internet-geek mean by "VI"? sorry, I had to ask...
... OK, there seems to be general agreement that "virtual impactor" was intended by Rob and the MPC, but searching both the MPC site and NEODyS, I find no...
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... It's simpler than that. If an impact solution exists, such that it gets listed on the NeoDys and/or Sentry risk pages, then it's considered a VI. Not...
Dave Tholen
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Dec 1, 2008 9:03 pm
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... Thanks. It would be nice if the MPC, JPL and DEODyS would put a definition somewhere in their FAQs page on the web. But before they set it in stone, ...
Hello Dave, We and colleagues are preparing to observe this occultation here in Brazil, but we are in the worst season of the year for Astronomy. Regards, ...
Hello, we were just about to start observations of 2008 WY94 when the intrumental problems appeared (exactly at the hour, when the asteroid was in the ...
Tomasz Kwiatkowski
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Dec 1, 2008 10:10 pm
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Hello all, So VI is not an internet geek word like Alan suspected, it is an asteroid geek word :) Now, let's see PHA : perfectly harmless asteroid, it means...
... Indeed, my use of VI was probably a bit sloppy. The term refers to an orbit, not an object, so this is an object with VI orbital solutions... at least it...
Robert McNaught
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Dec 1, 2008 10:53 pm
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I see now where I picked up the usage of VI as meaning the object rather than orbital solutions. Entering the object name in the MPC's Minor Planet and Comet...
Robert McNaught
rmn@...
Dec 2, 2008 12:18 am
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http://dawn.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/journal_11_26_08.asp Dawn Journal Dr. Marc Rayman November 26, 2008 Dear Indawnviduals, The Dawn spacecraft is healthy and on...
Ron Baalke
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Dec 2, 2008 12:36 am
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*preliminary* curve at http:/www.nmt.edu/~bryan/research/work/mro_images/k08w94y/k08w94y.jpg period ~ 21-22 min likely through thin cirrus with more clouds...
... Hi Bill, thanks for sharing. It's good you managed to get it. The lightcurve amplitude is impressive, reminds me of 1620 Geographos. It would be good to ...
Tomasz Kwiatkowski
tkastr@...
Dec 2, 2008 9:05 am
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From "Online Etymology Dictionary" virtual <http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=virtual> Look up virtual at Dictionary.com...
Hi Tomek -- Bummer . . I'm not optimistic either about our weather tomorrow night. Hopefully it will clear at SALT for you. I jumped on this tonight after...
Bill, Nice curve. It will be important to confirm the amplitude (and period - of course), which appears to be about 1.8 mag. This would make it among the...
For those with larger scopes, a possible fast rotator. Those who can stack and track, an interesting target. About 2.5 lunar distances. Ephemeris: 2008 XK...
Missing piece of information: H = 27.2 ... ******************************************************************* Alan W. Harris Senior Research Scientist Space...
http://www.lowell.edu/media/releases.php?release=20081202 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 2, 2008 A New Compositional Class of Comets: from Fire, Ice, or...
Ron Baalke
baalke@...
Dec 2, 2008 6:58 pm
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I was just reading the NOMAD catalog. At the risk of showing my ignorance, I'd never heard of NOMAD before. Maybe because it's 100 GB. But with the cost of...
NOMAD inherits all the "funnies" of the catalogues it is compiled from, and provides no improvements. (It is a compilation, not something newly generated.) I...
Brian Skiff
bas@...
Dec 3, 2008 12:50 am
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Bear in mind also that the UCAC is an astrometric catalog, not a photometric one. Norbert Zacharias has never asserted that the photometry is better than a...
Bill Owen
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Dec 3, 2008 1:32 am
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My views: 1. NOMAD is a merged catalogue. It attempts to combine the positions and magnitudes of stars from the most reliable sources. It applies a different...
... The vast majority of the NOMAD catalog is just the USNO-B1.0 catalog. NOMAD adds the brighter stars from other catalogs and attempts to use the best...
Dave Tholen
tholen@...
Dec 3, 2008 2:55 am
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The sky coverage of UCAC2 is shown graphically at: http://ad.usno.navy.mil/ucac/skycov_u2c.gif There has been no change since its release. Dave Herald ...
A meteor is being credited with turning on an eerie show south of Auckland. Just after sunset a bright line could be seen in the sky for several minutes above...
Here is another object that may be of interest to photometrists with "bigger toys." {Portions forwarded under "fair use" concept. Please note the copyright and...
http://www.ipa.nw.ru/conference/ach2009/ International conference Asteroid-Comet Hazard - 2009 September 21-25, 2009 St. Petersburg, Russia First announcement ...
Ron Baalke
baalke@...
Dec 4, 2008 7:06 pm
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http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2008/04dec_leonids2009.htm Return of the Leonids NASA Science News 12.04.2008 Dec. 4, 2008: Astronomers from Caltech and...
