Hi Bill, it has now 3 opps. and H has raised to 14.6, but it's very big anyway... Regards, Luca Buzzi # 204 ... - 2006 YA2 Display all designations for this...
With Richard's blessing, I post the following: I have an almost new, excellent condition copy of ASTEROIDS III that I would like to sell. Am asking $75.00...
NASA Science News for January 3, 2007 During the recent Geminid meteor shower, NASA astronomers watched at least five Geminid meteoroids hit the Moon and...
... The only reason "NASA" is bothering to look at these is that amateurs recorded them in the first place! \Brian...
Brian Skiff
bas@...
Jan 4, 2007 4:07 am
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quote http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2006/01dec_lunarleonid.htm Cooke estimates that for every four hours they observe the Moon, they see one bright flash...
Robert Perry
perrybcn@...
Jan 4, 2007 4:08 pm
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http://dawn.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/journal_12_06.asp Dawn Journal Dr. Marc D. Rayman December 28, 2006 Dear Dawnnewyears, The Dawn spacecraft has made its new...
Ron Baalke
baalke@...
Jan 4, 2007 5:20 pm
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It's not a minor planet but I thought folks here might like to see this video of a Russian booster reentering over the American southwest this morning: ...
Hi Robert and List, Regarding this quote from the lunar Geminid story: "Our best models of the lunar meteoroid environment predict a much lower rate-only 25%...
Greetings Everyone, 2006 AM4 is a radar target at Goldstone on January 31. Its current orbit has large pointing, Doppler, and range uncertainties, so we are ...
Lance Benner
lance@...
Jan 5, 2007 11:45 pm
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Due to routine building electrical maintenance, the Horizons ephemeris system as well as everything on "ssd.jpl.nasa.gov" and "neo.jpl.nasa.gov", including the...
Dear All, May I draw your attention to a facility named SkyBoT (Sky Bodies Tracker) developed in our laboratory in the Virtual Observatory framework. This...
W. Thuillot
William.Thuillot@...
Jan 6, 2007 2:21 pm
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Thanks for the 'heads up' -- 'Tis always nice to know it's not personal! :)...
Google has joined a group of nineteen universities and national labs that are building the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope. Scheduled to begin operations in...
... The big news are obviously not the nineteen universities but Google, for a good reason. If there is anyone capable of dealing with the huge amount of data...
The Minor Planet Amateur Professional Workshops (MPAPW) It has been several years since the last MPAPW was held. I was wondering if there is enough interest...
... I am sure that this will result in a Google Space, but I doubt that to many solar system discoveries will be done by others than the LSST team. They are...
... ...and will be renamed the Google Minor Planet Center, just as LSST was renamed (according to [or by?] local TV newscasts in Tucson) the Google Large...
... From: "David S. Dixon" <ddixon@...> To: "MPML" <mpml@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Sunday, January 07, 2007 7:44 AM Subject: {MPML} MPAPW 2007? ... SAS...
ROY TUCKER
gpobs@...
Jan 7, 2007 7:26 pm
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There have been Am-Pro meetings in Europe in May of 2002, 2003, 2004, and 2006 (MACE = "Meeting on Asteroids and Comets in Europe"). I don't know if there are...
... From: "Alan W Harris" <awharris@...> To: "ROY TUCKER" <gpobs@...> Cc: "MPML" <mpml@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Sunday, January 07, 2007...
ROY TUCKER
gpobs@...
Jan 7, 2007 8:08 pm
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(with the recent problems at yahoogroups, I hope this message will be delivered prior to the next MACE...) Alan, ... We are now biennial, so the next one is...
I can confirm the problem, and have alerted the MPC. It must have occurred in the last few hours, since the NEA Observation Planner worked fine this afternoon...
Not a huge surprise, Wayne Rosing, former VP/Engineering at Google (and legendary computer software/hardware technology leader) is involved with LSST as a...
Hi folks. While the Kalliope star occultation should have been visible only from somewhere in Asia, I could not resist to image Kalliope&Linus passing this...
Hi all, Lastnight I was out imaging the supernova in NGC 105. About 30 min. into the exposure I noticed an object that had been moving. I've looked and looked...
Well, some more information could be usueful, like your observatory code (or simply the site), the time you got it and how much "slow" it was. Anyway, close by...
There are currently 4 NEOCP objects from G96 that fainter than 20th magnitude (plus one object that should be posted shortly, 7AA75E6). The S. Arizona forecast...
Hi: I have logged 50 total observations on 7 known minor bodies, with 36 astrometric solutions having an accuracy of less than 2 arc-sec. I am a newbie. I use...
