Hi does anyone can indicate me where I can keep the latest MPCORB with epoch 27-10-2007? If someone would purchase to me, please tell me before, in order to ...
Hi Pier, Just to make sure I'm understanding you: the current MPCORB files have epoch 2008 May 14, and you'd prefer files with the previous epoch of 2007 Oct...
http://dawn.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/journal_2_29_08.asp Dawn Journal Dr. Marc Rayman February 29, 2008 Dear Phildawnthropists, Treating intercalary days just as...
Ron Baalke
baalke@...
Mar 3, 2008 5:30 am
20532
Those with larger scopes might be able to get photometry on this. It has the potential for being a fast rotator. Clear Skies, Brian D. Warner Palmer Divide...
Photometric observations (lightcurves) of 2002 TD66 are needed to support radar observations by Mike Nolan et al. Here's an ephemeris for the next 10 days....
http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/bombardment2008/ Workshop on the Early Solar System Impact Bombardment September 15-17, 2008 Houston, Texas ... FIRST...
Ron Baalke
baalke@...
Mar 3, 2008 11:15 pm
20535
If interested in doing real science, calculation of NEO orbits, with your computer while you are not using it, see below. ORBIT@home ...
Don, There's no explanation on this link, that I can see, of exactly what this program is, who's behind it, and its purpose. I think a lot more information...
... Interesting. I suggested this very thing about 4 or 5 years ago on this list and was told by a number of people that there is no need for distributed...
Richard, Brian, ... Hmm... *I* didn't find it so complicated to get more info. Simply click on the "main page" ... About The orbit@home project is designed,...
Apparently there was a glitch as those links were not working 6 hours ago. They are now. Richard ... Richard [Non-text portions of this message have been...
For those of you with concerns please follow the below links to Orbit@home description, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orbit%40home The list of distributed...
How it works. don Science Notes-Pulling Together http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDD_SzPYbWg&NR=1 BOINC - Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing ...
The recently discovered object 2008 EE5 has, according to MPEC 2008-E42, an aphelic distance Q = 0.9924. This value lies inside the "uncertainty zone"...
Jean Meeus
JMeeus@...
Mar 5, 2008 7:36 am
20543
2007 VL305 is listed here http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/iau/lists/NeptuneTrojans.html and on the MPEC at http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/mpec/K08/K08E44.html That's 6...
... You presume correctly. To within one sigma, the observations can be satisfied by an Amor-type orbit with q=1.023 AU and Q=1.447 AU. The inclination for...
Dave Tholen
tholen@...
Mar 5, 2008 9:31 am
20545
<HUMOR ON> If the MPCORB file is any indication, thousands of asteroids have suddenly disappeared. The March 05 build (2:40 AM) has only 2500 objects, meaning...
Those asteroids have mystically reappeared! MPCORB.ZIP is now back to its usually humungous* size. *humungous: scientific term for "really big" Clear Skies, ...
March 5 observations from code G96 have refined the orbit somewhat. To within one sigma, allowed aphelion distances range from 0.986 to 1.859 AU (with some...
Dave Tholen
tholen@...
Mar 6, 2008 8:53 am
20549
Many on this list will have CCD cameras on their scopes and will not want to remove them - and thus might conclude that they cannot usefully contribute to this...
http://sdss2008.uchicago.edu/ International Symposium: The Sloan Digital Sky Survey From Asteroids to Cosmology August 15-18, 2008 Chicago, Illinois Over eight...
Ron Baalke
baalke@...
Mar 6, 2008 4:46 pm
20551
March 6, 2008 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@... Carolina Martinez Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. ...
Ron Baalke
baalke@...
Mar 6, 2008 9:53 pm
20552
The third night on 2008 EE5 has really firmed up the orbit. Aphelion distance is now between 1.000 and 1.037 AU. Very low eccentricity (0.1 or less). Very...
Dave Tholen
tholen@...
Mar 7, 2008 7:36 am
20553
... I managed to get 425 15" images (C-14 @ f/11 w/ST-10 & red filter) of 2002 TD66 over a 2.5 hour period tonight. I'll reduce the data later today and if...
Patrick, I don't know if Mike will need or want the entire data set. Initially, what you should do is see if the data allow finding a period (or good...
From a recent discussion here I learned that ASTORB is usually more current that MPCORB. I understand that ASTORB can be downloaded from The Asteroid Orbital...
The newest NEOCP reported that it would pass only 0.00108 AU from the earth at Mar 9.04 UT and reach 12.8 mag. It has been already located at quite low...
Shouldn't that be 8E4BDB1? -John ... ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and ...