... For Dick and all the other "new" members of the list. The moderation is done to make sure that new list members are not here just to spam or send out their...
http://planetb.sci.isas.jaxa.jp/symp2004/ International Science Symposium on Sample Returns from Solar System Minor Bodies "The 1st HAYABUSA Symposium" ...
Ron Baalke
baalke@...
Jul 2, 2004 4:10 pm
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Hi folks, on my search for distant objects in archives I found a precovery and the new orbit looks somehow unusual. The orbit was (well, still is, as I write ...
And this e-mail give me an excuse (as if one is needed) to thank Richard for continuing to moderate the MPML. Richard, you do a great job, and I for one...
... And this e-mail give me an excuse (as if one is needed) to thank Richard for continuing to moderate the MPML. Richard, you do a great job, and I for one ...
Hi, anyone with a pretty big gun and able to go reliably to V 21.5 on a very slow moving object imaging tonight from not so northern latitudes? ;-) If you are...
I wondered whether there might be great rivers on Titan. The latest images are a bit hazy but this one 'appears' to show in the upper right 2 tributories...
... Thanks for the compliments everyone, but there is no need to thank me. I'm well rewarded for my duties here and I am happy to perform them... Well maybe...
Two interesting things I've just noticed this morning: - The July 3 DOU has at the bottom updated elements for several dozen planetary satellites. I've never...
... The Cassini navigation team (in cooperation with the imaging team) has indeed been working on updating the ephemerides for the first 18 of Saturn's ...
Bill Owen
wmo@...
Jul 5, 2004 5:42 am
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Brian Marsden believes the object will meet Neptune within about 1,000 years. With q=26 AU, this makes it a Centaur. MF....
Michel Festou
festou@...
Jul 5, 2004 11:27 am
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I was too quick when responding to Reiner. I had just read Brian Marsden's circular and had "rejected" the possibility for the object to be a regular TN...
Michel Festou
festou@...
Jul 5, 2004 1:57 pm
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That show about UFOs, Big Foot, the Chupacabra and many hours of pseudo-science is going to provide three hours of "Bad Astronomy" once again this evening. ...
... I'd say in this case the problem is with the definition of "Centaur". Dynamically the object in question is in a chaotic, outer planet-crossing orbit, and...
I guess the question we ignoramuses have is: now that this thing is in an unstable orbit, what are the relative odds among the possible outcomes of Centaur,...
Brian Skiff
brian.skiff@...
Jul 5, 2004 5:46 pm
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... Her's the "back of my envelope": The current relative encounter velocity between Neptune and 2003 UR292 is around 1 km/sec. This is very small, but not...
http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/Southwest/07/05/wildfires.ap/index.html Good luck to all concerned. While the scopes are important, lives are much more so. Clear...
... Thanks for passing on the URL with the interesting (scary) picture. If you'll excuse an OT comment, when I clicked on the URL, Netscape opened a window...
... dozen ... Actually, the orbits (along with an orbit for Pluto) first appeared on MPEC 2004-N06 (the July 2 DOU MPEC). The unnecessary repetition of the...
http://abell.as.arizona.edu/~hill/latestl.cgi It's updated every few minutes, assuming electricity and the camera are still up. Clear Skies, Brian Warner ...
I am interested in getting people to photometrically observe Centaurs, objects probably dynamically intermediate between Kuiper Belt Objects and short period...
... I wish they would straighten the camera; looks like the telescope enclosure is falling over. Latest picture clearly shows smoke in the background. Wasn't...
Dave Tholen
tholen@...
Jul 7, 2004 12:59 am
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A news photo yesterday http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/Southwest/07/05/wildfires.ap/index.html (from the same perspective, with the same tilt, and with the same...
The Forest Service fire page for the Southwest US has links, photos, and daily updates on fire status. The fires are assigned names: the Mount Graham fire is...
Brian Skiff
brian.skiff@...
Jul 7, 2004 2:18 am
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A Tyler,TX, July 8 newspaper story is headlined: "Citizens Report Fire in the Sky" Here's the link to the online version: ...
The MESSENGER spacecraft to Mercury is scheduled to be launched on August 2nd, the start of a 12-day launch window. The injection into its heliocentric orbit,...
David Dunham
dunham@...
Jul 9, 2004 5:58 am
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Hello you all, ... Not that unusual: I remember Leonids to have green tail and ending in a white flash. Just before that they can turn to red. Some slow...
Robert, We observed the fireball last night at 21:21 CDT from San Angelo, TX, and sent a fireball report to the AMS. We observed it at about 10-15 deg in the...
One last post on this fireball... It was captured by a police video camera in a patrol car during a routine traffic stop. Watch the wrap of in th elink ...
