... Note that fixed stars are excluded from the search for moving objects. I would recommend to change your settings slightly so that the detection of fixed...
... This is an impossibility. If the "object" was present in three images, then stacking the frames to compensate for the motion must produce a composite...
Robert McNaught
rmn@...
Nov 3, 2003 4:36 am
10927
Hi David and Robert, ... I think a caveat should be added here, namely the certainty about an object being "new". Using a current epoch MPCORB.dat with ...
Note that the Lowell 'asteroid plot' utility will work for dates between 1890 and 2020 in plotting asteroid positions with elements for a date near the time of...
Brian Skiff
brian.skiff@...
Nov 3, 2003 7:46 am
10929
Brian, Thanks VERY MUCH for the Lowell link! You have know idea how much time this is going to save me in precovery work. I believe Andrew Lowe recently...
http://live.psu.edu/story/4549 Hydrogen sulfide, not carbon dioxide, may have caused largest mass extinction Penn State November 3, 2003 Seattle, Wash. --...
Ron Baalke
baalke@...
Nov 3, 2003 5:15 pm
10931
http://www.geosociety.org/news/pr/03-37.htm The Geological Society of America News Release Contact: Contact: Ann Cairns Phone: 303-357-1056; Fax: 303-357-1074 ...
Ron Baalke
baalke@...
Nov 3, 2003 5:50 pm
10932
There have been some private inquiries about a possible MPAPW2004 and I think it is certainly timely to bring this matter to the attention of the general...
... Dear Jim, and all the others, In your subject line you mention SAS 2004, but then take no further notice of SAS (Society for Astronomical Sciences). Let...
At 10:41 AM 11/3/2003 -0800, you wrote: In your subject line you mention SAS 2004, but then take no further notice of SAS (Society for Astronomical Sciences)....
All, First, one of those private discussions has been from me concerning the possibility that the MPAPW meeting might be joined with the Society for...
http://www.geosociety.org/meetings/2003/prPennStateFurlong.htm Press Release Pennsylvania State University CONTACTS: A'ndrea...
Ron Baalke
baalke@...
Nov 4, 2003 4:18 pm
10937
http://sci.esa.int/science-e/www/object/index.cfm?fobjectid=34098 Rosetta Ready To Land On A Larger Comet European Space Agency October 28, 2003 With the...
Ron Baalke
baalke@...
Nov 4, 2003 7:07 pm
10938
Hi, everyone, A colleague of mine, Subo Dong, noticed that Comet Encke will have close approach with the earth later in this month. We know that Encke is the...
Huan Meng
meteorobs_menhu@...
Nov 5, 2003 4:48 pm
10939
Hi, everyone, A colleague of mine, Subo Dong, noticed that Comet Encke will have close approach with the earth later in this month. We know that Encke is the...
Huan Meng
meteorobs_menhu@...
Nov 5, 2003 4:51 pm
10940
MPML'ers Here are the results of respondents to my post attached below. These sw packages got more that 1 vote. Thank you to all who replied. Dave Kenyon ...
On the NEO Confirmation Page over the years there have probably been hundreds or even a few thousand examples of objects that have not been confirmed or have...
Dear MPML, Radar imaging of 68950 (2002 QF15) and 1990 OS shows each to be solitary and not overtly irregular in shape. Initial impressions are that 68950 is...
Steve Ostro
ostro@...
Nov 6, 2003 3:13 pm
10943
Steve, and all, 68950 2002 QF15 has been observed on three nights of 2003 Sept. 28.0 to Oct. 1.0 by Peter Kusnirak here from Ondrejov. So far the data gave...
Can someone please define the "Offsets" given by the checker? MPC DEFINES THEM AS: "Offsets, intended for use by supernova hunters, are given in arc-minutes as...
... Thanks for the note. I have made the revision to my lightcurve list. This time I didn't have to move the entry -- Hermes changed from being the oldest...
Between timing and position round-offs, and maybe even non-current osculating elements, getting offsets of 0.1 in either RA/Dec or both or pretty typical for...
Brian Skiff
brian.skiff@...
Nov 6, 2003 7:56 pm
10949
I just noticed that this document got a general update, so it is worth to read it as several things seem to have changed! ... This document underwent a general...
The CALL site has new files for those who submit lightcurves to the Minor Planet Bulletin: A new Word template DOC (in a zip to get it past some virus...
Just a general note to let you know I have been having major computer problems lately and have been losing a lot of my mail. I am in the process up transfering...
http://www.isas.ac.jp/e/snews/2003/1029.shtml ISAS/JAXA presented that researchers from ISAS/JAXA and other research institutes discovered that evidence of...
Ron Baalke
baalke@...
Nov 7, 2003 5:22 pm
10953
When at the MPAPW 2003 in Phoenix, a couple of folks told me about someone (well known but whose name I forget) who was developing a "community" in Arizona...
