Hello, As I was very busy during the previous days, I only have now the possibility to answer to the various messages on the asteroid brightnesses. ... Since...
Gerard FAURE
gpmfaure@...
Jun 2, 2003 8:58 pm
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... brightnesses. ... Millenium ... 1998. ... actually ... Section. ... A general question, what would be the largest a value for an asteroid that has been...
<<A general question, what would be the largest a value for an asteroid that has been visually observed? How about largest distance from the Sun (or Earth) at...
http://www.publicaffairs.ubc.ca/media/releases/2003/mr-03-55.html University of British Columbia Press Release EMBARGOED UNTIL TUESDAY, JUNE 3, 8:00 A.M. PST ...
Ron Baalke
baalke@...
Jun 3, 2003 5:13 pm
10061
The MPAPW 2003 is almost upon us. Right now, we have scheduled 17 presentations plus two real-time demonstrations of robotic observing plus lots of free time...
Hello, ... Three visual records would be interesting to know : The largest asteroid seen, the farthest seen and the faintest seen. No problem of course for the...
Gerard FAURE
gpmfaure@...
Jun 3, 2003 9:46 pm
10063
I've received a few notices that non-smoking rooms are no longer available at the Holiday Inn. I've complained and it is to be made right by them. If you...
The upcoming launch or MER-A (june 8, 1805UT ) and MER-B (June 25 ) give chances to exercise the tracking abilities of stations who do followup of NEAs....
I am a software engineer that has a lot of background in advanced 3D graphics and data management...Over the past few weeks, I have been kicking around and...
JohnRen@...
Jun 6, 2003 2:18 pm
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Hi folks, A follow-up to Tony Beresford's post about this object: could I ask anyone observing it to please send me their astrometry? -- Bill...
Walt, Interesting idea, I hadn't really considered that... I am familiar with the wobble effect of distant stars...I think it could be a little more tricky due...
JohnRen@...
Jun 7, 2003 3:46 am
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Less than one week to go! It's too late to mail in late registrations as both Peter and myself will be traveling to Phoenix. You CAN register at the door,...
Walt, I think that what your proposing would definitely be more difficult than just trying to detect anomalous objects and wobbles from existing...
JohnRen@...
Jun 7, 2003 11:43 pm
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... This is not especially new and what you're describing is well underway in the stellar and extragalactic realm. See pages and links at the Strasbourg data...
Brian Skiff
brian.skiff@...
Jun 8, 2003 12:35 am
10071
My friends, I have the pleasure to inform you that after the two successful Meetings MACE- 2002, held in Visnjan Observatory, Istra Peninsula, Croatia ...
Brian, Fantastic information! This is the type of feedback I was hoping to receive. It is the primary reason I posted to this forum. I read everything I...
JohnRen@...
Jun 8, 2003 7:10 am
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Can anyone (Tony Beresford) give me a clue of what this fmo might be. Date/time = June 9.21166 UTC Position 15h 02m 56s +40d 23m 46s Motion = PA of ~...
Ron Dyvig
dyvigron@...
Jun 9, 2003 2:02 pm
10074
Hi folks, is there anywhere a list with bright NEOs with large LOVs which could be recovered? I know only the "Bright Lost NEOs List" by SCN and this list is...
... It was 1986 103 A, catalog number 17264, a Molniya communications satellite launched in late december 1986. These satellites use a 12 hour eccentric orbit,...
http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/NEO/BrightRecovery.html http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/NEO/FaintRecovery.html Pick your particular level of masochism :-)...
Hey thanks, Tony...I knew you would come to the rescue! Cheers, Ron Dyvig ************************************* BADLANDS OBSERVATORY MPC Site Code 918 P.O....
Ron Dyvig
dyvigron@...
Jun 9, 2003 4:35 pm
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Hi David, ... Thanks. I know these lists. That's why I was asking of bright *and* uncertain objects. The SCN "Bright Recovery List" shows only objects with "an...
Reiner: Try hop (hierarchical observing protocol) at http://asteroid.lowell.edu/cgi-bin/koehn/hop Set the probability of imaging small and/or the field size...
E. L. G. Bowell
elgb@...
Jun 9, 2003 5:22 pm
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The MER-A trajectory has been updated on Horizons to reflect the new launch date of June 10 (Day #1 & #2 were scrubbed due to weather). If pushed back again,...
... Steve Chesley pointed me privately to this service by NEODyS: http://newton.dm.unipi.it/cgi-bin/neodys/neoibo?observabilitysearch:0;main One can specify...
The previous message had a couple of typos in the links which, of course, made them invalid. The amended message is below. Sorry for that :^( Less than one...
Afternoon All: I was just doing some images of Chiron from the Telescopes in Education 14" in Australia...processing revealed no minor planets... Am I correct...
... Try using the NEODyS "search by observing conditions" page: http://newton.dm.unipi.it/cgi-bin/neodys/neoibo?observabilitysearch:0;search As an example, by...
