I got warnings from Trend Micro PC-cillin about spyware from this website. I don't think I will be returning to it. Greg _____ From: mpml@yahoogroups.com...
http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/lmi2008/ Large Meteorite Impacts and Planetary Evolution IV August 18-22, 2008 Vredefort Dome, South Africa SPONSORED BY - ...
Ron Baalke
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Aug 1, 2007 4:11 pm
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Congrats to the folks at "A50 Andrushivka Astronomical Observatory" in Ukraine for the incidental (?) recovery (see NEOCP history) of 2001 DH47: ...
The trajectory for the revised Phoenix (Mars polar lander) launch schedule is now on Horizons, for those intended to observe/track. Launch is in a few hours,...
Hi Gang, Austin Astronomical Society is holding a CTSP( Central texas star party) at Canyon of the Eagles in Lake Buchanan, Texas. This will be our August...
Looks as if Phoenix was indeed launched this morning. I'll make my usual request: if anyone gets astrometry for it, please send it to me at pluto at...
A nice paper to check out is "Dynamics of Mars Trojans" which is freely available at http://www.obs-nice.fr/michel/PubliGroupe/Scholletal2005Icarus175.pdf This...
http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2007/08aug_aurigids.htm Strange Lights: The 2007 Aurigid Meteor Shower NASA Science News August 8, 2007 August 8, 2007: Will...
Ron Baalke
baalke@...
Aug 10, 2007 4:44 pm
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THREE-TONNE METEORITE STOLEN IN RUSSIA, August 10 Russian police were combing the northern Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk on Friday for a three-tonne meteorite...
http://acm2008.jhuapl.edu/ Asteroids, Comets, Meteors 2008 13-18 July 2008 Baltimore, Maryland USA Location and Date: The 10th Asteroids, Comets, Meteors...
Ron Baalke
baalke@...
Aug 14, 2007 7:19 pm
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Hi all, Just a quick question regarding proposing names for orphan asteroids; how long after numbering/discovery is it before an asteroid is classed as...
Clark, Maurice
Maurice.Clark@...
Aug 14, 2007 11:17 pm
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... Brian Skiff answered this about a year ago Richard http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/mpml/message/18056 Re: {MPML} Naming old MPs (was Mike Brown Public...
If you have a good suggestion with common appeal (that is, a name that the discoverer will agree is deserving or appropriate, not just your cat, girlfriend, or...
Hi all, I've obtained several images of this newly discoverd PHA for astrometric purposes with our 0.60-m + CCD, and I've noted that it presents an amplitude...
Greetings All, Regarding observing 2007 PS25 with radar, Arecibo is offline for work on the platform, but even if it were available, this object is already too...
Lance Benner
lance@...
Aug 15, 2007 3:12 am
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A very interesting event was captured this morning at ASO (Petit Jean Mountain South MPC H45) while acquiring a routine CCD image for asteroid astrometry....
I've seen aircraft that have passed through our field of view that have left multiple streaks and glints. I think that some airlines (like American) have a...
... Hi Luca, I have 2007 PS25 in my queue and will try to observe it with SALT this week. Good to know it can be a fast rotator with a large lightcurve...
Tomasz Kwiatkowski
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Aug 16, 2007 4:43 pm
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Hi Clay, The image is at dec -5.6, right in the midst of the geosynch belt. The two fainter, near-horizontal trails are most likely geosats. The longer...
Thanks Bill.... Excellent evaluation; using the same system repeatedly for similar (i.e., 60 sec.) exposures for astrometry near bright stars and planets...
Airplanes have strobe lights as well as running lights. The constant diagonal streak is likely a running light, probably a wing-tip light. I interpret the...
... Correction: upper left from the flash ... ******************************************************************* Alan W. Harris Senior Research Scientist ...
Something similar happened on the 15th in Turkey. See APOD: http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap070815.html E. Goffin...
Edwin Goffin
Edwin.Goffin@...
Aug 16, 2007 8:02 pm
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I agree with Bill that the most likely description here is the two geosynch satellites plus a relatively low-flying airplane. The bright tilted trail is likely...
Brian Skiff
bas@...
Aug 16, 2007 8:46 pm
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Thanks Alan and all.... I just received a wonderful comparison photo/image taken by Pedro Valdes Sada of a nearly identical grouping of lights taken some time...
http://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=109768&org=NSF Comet May Have Exploded Over North America 13,000 Years Ago Caused wooly mammoth...
Ron Baalke
baalke@...
Aug 16, 2007 9:26 pm
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People have already said this, but: The diagonal streaks really match a commercial jet: the bleeding strobe, illuminating an engine and certain underbody...
