Dear Colleagues, Anybody knowing a file/database holding the asteroids dicovery dates, at least for NEAs? I would need this for a precovery project. I looked...
Not exactly the most up-to-date or clear article on the subject. Apparently they have not caught up with the new nomenclature of "Small Solar System Body". Are...
Has anyone experienced problems with the Scully confirmation on reports? Clay ... Dr. P. Clay Sherrod Arkansas Sky Observatories Harvard MPC/ H43 (Conway) ...
http://dawn.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/journal_2_07.asp Dawn Journal Dr. Marc D. Rayman February 19, 2007 Dear DawNRLs, The Dawn spacecraft has just completed the...
Ron Baalke
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Mar 5, 2007 5:00 am
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It has been a while since this topic has been discussed and there seems to be an increasing belief that amateur astrometry is rapidly becoming a thing of the...
I'd like to second David's comments here. There is still a large amount of astrometric work that can be accomplished with backyard telescopes, as David points...
... Actually Pan-STARRS 1 (a single 2 meter telescope with a 7 sq. degree camera) will start its survey in early 2008. Operational funding is in place through...
All, SAS WEB SITE ... http://www.SocAstroSci.org ABSTRACTS DUE SOON! ... Time is growing short to submit an abstract for an oral or poster presentation for...
I have uploaded to the MPML Files section on yahoogroups the last version of the MPML FAQ that I have on hand. It was last updated nearly FIVE years ago, so is...
http://www.jhu.edu/~gazette/2007/05mar07/05aplroc.html APL Rocks! Asteroid Named After JHU Applied Physics Lab By Michael Buckley Applied Physics Laboratory ...
Ron Baalke
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Mar 6, 2007 12:33 am
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... That's OK. (78577) JPL got named first, and it's a lower number besides. <grin> -- Bill...
Bill Owen
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Mar 6, 2007 12:39 am
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As long as there is discussion going on about amateur observations, I would like to announce that since October 2001, MPC # 448 Desert Moon Observatory, Las...
On tonight's astro-ph listings is a paper by Ned Wright, a prominent cosmologist, dealing with thermal models of asteroids: ...
Brian Skiff
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Mar 6, 2007 1:38 am
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... Whatever happened to the rule that asteroid names be pronounceable? I don't buy the argument that one can pronounce it by spelling it. Of course, there...
Dave Tholen
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Mar 6, 2007 1:40 am
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I think there is a saying that every rule is defined by its exceptions.... Dave Herald Canberra, Australia ... From: "Dave Tholen" <tholen@...> To:...
... It is not the full Pan-STARRS, but like I said it is a 2 meter with a 7 sq degree, located on Haleakela. It is expected to reach a limiting magnitude of...
I just put a file titled "Improving Limiting Magnittude.doc" in the files section that used to be part of the old MPML FAQ. It is at least 5 years old but it...
... Torrence Johnson gave a lecture about Io once in which he remarked about the controversy about whether it should be pronounced EYE-o or EE-o. His...
Bill Owen
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Mar 6, 2007 4:25 pm
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http://www.nasa.gov/centers/johnson/news/releases/2007/JO07-005.html William Jeffs Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 Karin Hilser Lunar and Planetary...
Ron Baalke
baalke@...
Mar 6, 2007 4:54 pm
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... Pan-STARRS construction is funded by the US Air Force, while operations for three years from beginning of 2008 is funded by the Pan-STARRS 1 Science ...
... The mirror blank has a diameter of 1.8 meters, but once you account for the enormous central perforation, the effective light gathering power is that of a...
Dave Tholen
tholen@...
Mar 7, 2007 12:27 am
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See the CNN version. http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/space/03/06/nasa.asteroids.ap/index.html Sounds like my problem. The spirit is willing; the wallet is weak. A...
Since 2002, I'm observing with a LX200 12" to find new bodies eventually (so far 29 designations). I must expose longer to get deeper and thus the coverage is...
Robert, If you have good skies, you can get below 19 with a 14" OTA. That's where there are still asteroids to be discovered. I wouldn't bin though. You'll...
waltc@...
Mar 7, 2007 2:09 pm
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... Photometry! Just knowing the existence of an NEO won't save the world. How fast is it rotating? So what's it made of? What shape is it? Lightcurves can...
