MEETING ON ASTEROIDS AND COMETS IN EUROPE -- MACE 2006 May 12 - 14, 2006 -- Vienna, Austria So far about 70 participants from 17 nations worldwide have ...
ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY PRESS INFORMATION NOTE Issued by RAS Communications Officers: Peter Bond Tel: +44 (0)1483-268672 Fax: +44 (0)1483-274047 AND Anita...
Ron Baalke
baalke@...
Apr 4, 2006 5:16 pm
16781
Hello, Below is my report to CBAT regarding the 73P complex, based on observations from the Mt. Lemmon 1.5m telescope (G96) on UT April 02 2006. I am taking...
This is absolutely excellent information that a lot of folks have been gleaning from scattered sources; it does amaze me that all of this content has not ...
Time evolution of observations of 2004VD17 from 2002 year on NEODYS site. 2006-April-06 K04V17D A2002 02 16.46212 09 53 21.83 +05 12 48.70 644 K04V17D A2002...
Ireneusz Wlodarczyk
astrobit@...
Apr 6, 2006 2:40 pm
16784
Hi Ireneusz, Simple explanation - the change from March 23rd to April 1st was incomplete. The 2/16.46212 measurement (a 2-frame stack) was meant as a...
Hello, On the DOU MPEC 2006-G17 and 2006-G22, there are some observations of 2004 VD17. Some were taken at La Silla with the swiss telescope. Do these...
Raoul Behrend
Raoul.Behrend@...
Apr 6, 2006 6:58 pm
16786
Hi Rob, Thank you for your really simple explanation, Cheers, Irek ... From: "Matson, Robert" <matsonr@...> To: "Ireneusz Wlodarczyk"...
Ireneusz Wlodarczyk
astrobit@...
Apr 6, 2006 7:03 pm
16787
... I just checked the NEODyS website. The last available observation is from April, 4th, 2006, taken in La Silla, as you said. After these observations NEODyS...
... Where are looking at?... Definetely not at: http://newton.dm.unipi.it/cgi-bin/neodys/neoibo?objects:2004VD17;main where you can see the last date of...
... I don't believe so -- with observations nearly every day since March 19th, and low residuals on all the April observations so far, the 1500+ day arc is not...
D A W N ' S E A R L Y L I G H T April 2006 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - The ninth issue of the...
Ron Baalke
baalke@...
Apr 7, 2006 1:01 am
16791
We have found very complex structure in the coma (reported by Choi and Weissman late last year) around the Centaur 60558, now known as comet 174P/Echeclus....
Below is my report to CBAT for the latest round of G96 data. I wasn't able to download and measure everything, but this is the majority of it. Regards, Eric ...
The fragment "R" of the comet 73P is dissolving itself. The 7.90 April them was of mag 17.5 with one coma and tail much diffusing. Clears Skies, Roberto Haver ...
Hello to all; just finished posting four images of the fragments 73P - B, C, G, and R on the ASO News Section website; morphological and physical observations ...
Below is my latest report to CBAT, primarily just astrometry of various fragments. I don't have anything new to add to the discussions about B and G; however...
FOR RELEASE: 1:00 pm (EDT) April 11, 2006 Erica Hupp/Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington (Phone: 202/358-1237/1726) Ray Villard Space Telescope Science...
Ron Baalke
baalke@...
Apr 11, 2006 6:29 pm
16797
News and Communications Oregon State University Media Contact: Mark Floyd, 541-737-0788 Source: Bob Duncan, 541-737-5189 Media Release: 04-12-06 New Lunar Rock...
Ron Baalke
baalke@...
Apr 13, 2006 5:12 pm
16798
I am trying to contact John Rogers (CCD Aided Astromety author). Have been sending emails for a week to his address at Camarillo Observatory. Also tried...
A few hours ago I received a "Discovery Status Report" noting that the two lone rocks I co-discovered were numbered but not named. I have not communicated with...
... should be generated automatically as soon as an object is numbered. Andreas...
Andreas Doppler
adoppler@...
Apr 15, 2006 10:00 am
16801
Andreas, Patrick was of course correct, the "DiscStatus" reports are automatically generated, but under the unsleeping eye of Gareth Williams. (You can have...
Hello, ... What about (2309) Mr. Spock ? Is the legend saying that Mr. Spock is the cat of the discoverer insteed of a S-F personnage founded or not ? Can...
Raoul Behrend
Raoul.Behrend@...
Apr 15, 2006 6:00 pm
16803
... Yes, I can confirm that. The cat in question was the pet of James and Ursula Gibson, James being the discoverer of, among other asteroids, (1943) Anteros....
According to Schmadel: Discovered by J. Gibson at El Leoncito on 1971 Aug. 16 Named for the ginger short-haired tabby cat (1967-) who selected the discoverer...
... (2309) Mr. Spock is indeed named after Jim Gibson's cat....
Dave Tholen
tholen@...
Apr 15, 2006 6:37 pm
16806
Unfortunately, I don't know. It's a scandal that asteroid citations are not easily available. I think there's a book listing them up to a certain date, but...
... I agree with David here. The book is titled _Dictionary of Minor Planet Names_, edited by Lutz Schmadel and published by Springer-Verlag Telos for the...
Richard, Paraphrasing from the Preface to the Fifth Edition, the last printed edition: ************ The Fifth Edition will be the last full printing. Every...
