Hello all, Object ts507 picked up last night by Spacewatch is most likely the asteroid 2007 VA85 on the retrograde comet-like orbit (a=4.15, e=0.73, i=132.5)....
I am unable to accurately polar align due to what for lack of a better term I will call slop in the azimuth adjust in a Superwedge. There is a great deal of...
Some time ago I had an issue with my NEO astrometry being 'off'. For the life of me I could not work it out but a recent similar event with a MicroLensing...
I had the same problem with a Starlight Xpress camera. Not having an internet link at the time I linked a GPS receiver to my laptop and that does the job. I...
David, I had the same problem with an Apogee camera. I downloaded Dimension 4 (D4) and installed it on my observatory computer and on another computer that is...
I've been testing a program called TimeSync 2.0 and like some of it's characteristics so far, although I've not done a critical analysis. TimeSync will let you...
The online service NEODyS is being turned down and will be off. We expect it will be back up after a time not exceeding 48 hours, but we will see if we have...
Andrea Milani
milani@...
Jun 3, 2008 2:53 pm
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The service NEODyS is online again, at http://newton.dm.unipi.it/neodys/ please check that it works as before, because we have changed a lot of system...
Andrea Milani
milani@...
Jun 5, 2008 6:40 pm
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http://dawn.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/journal_5_27_08.asp Dawn Journal Dr. Marc Rayman May 27, 2008 Dear Pseudawnyms, The Dawn mission continues smoothly, as the...
Ron Baalke
baalke@...
Jun 6, 2008 3:47 pm
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The latest Minor Planet Bulletin, 35-3: 2008 July-September, is available as a free PDF download http://www.minorplanetobserver.com/mpb/default.htm There is...
The Tzec Maun Foundation provides free access to telescopes over the internet, for students and researchers. We currently have eight telescopes (5 in New...
The asteroid information service AstDyS is back online, at the usual address http://hamilton.dm.unipi.it/astdys and it should look exactly as before, plesase...
Andrea Milani
milani@...
Jun 7, 2008 2:37 pm
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Dear members of the list, In the course of my mass determination work, Steve Chesley suggested that I compile a comprehensive list of recently published...
Dear Jim, great work (both the mass determination and the compilation as well)! On some of the objects in your list I've also worked on in the past and...
Greetings: With the IAU action calling for Pluto and Eris to be known as "plutoids", will Ceres remain a Dwarf planet or return to being a minor planet? The...
Lawrence: According to IAU precepts, Ceres is both an asteroid (or minor planet, if you like) and a dwarf planet. Pluto is a transneptunian object, a dwarf ...
Edward Bowell
elgb@...
Jun 12, 2008 12:50 am
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Greetings: Thanks Dr. Bowell for your responce. I did find another article with more info as well, more then one hat to say the least. Good night Lawrence...
I can';t help but feel that the issues associated with naming planetary objects has some parallels with the descriptors given to populated places. In our solar...
The subject has been discussed and over discussed. If you look closely at the distribution of objects, their mass, and their inclination for example, you will...
... Well, leave it to the Brits to do so, although even their formal nomenclature has modern exceptions. In principle, a city has a cathedral with a bishop; a...
Alain - as you say on your page: "I think that a look on the diagram above gives a clear clue of what should be called a planet, and what should be called an...
June 12, 2008 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@... William P. Jeffs Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 ...
Ron Baalke
baalke@...
Jun 12, 2008 8:44 pm
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Dear members of the list, My thanks to those of you who have responded with advice and additional masses. In response to your suggestions, I've added a...
The first results from Surey Simulator are finished and more work to come. Results "Look Promising".http://orbit.psi.edu/ <http://orbit.psi.edu/> [Non-text...
I use Fusion (which is pretty much the same as Parallels, but better in my opinion). If you don't have a Windows XP SP2 installation CD, CrossOver might be a...
