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27053 wa1vta01452 Offline Send Email May 26, 2012
5:02 pm
Hi, wonder if someone could answer a question about Guide 9.0. I installed Guide 9.0 on my PC and the software works fine, but I notice that if I try to...
27054 P. Clay Sherrod
drclay2002 Offline Send Email
May 26, 2012
5:22 pm
You would be well served if you would download the MPECsort application file for Guide8 and 9 on the Arkansas Sky Observatories website; this freeware allows...
27055 Alan W Harris
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May 26, 2012
6:41 pm
... I saw only the first picture before my browser claimed to detect malware attached and slammed it shut. Beware. Alan ...
27056 Paulo Holvorcem
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May 26, 2012
8:14 pm
Motion is along a straight line (as far as I could tell with an approximate manual alignment of the images on what looks like a sunspot above/to the left of...
27057 clearshot04 Offline Send Email May 27, 2012
4:44 am
Some further information on the subject The camera was a Canon 10D mounted to a Meade ETX 90 and a Thousand Oaks solar filter. All images- 1/60 400iso and were...
27058 Tony Dunn
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May 27, 2012
5:41 am
My guess is a helium balloon. It moved significantly in 8 seconds, so its not a sunspot. But it is too slow to be an airplane or satellite. And it seems to...
27059 Matson, Robert D.
rdotdaneelol... Offline Send Email
May 27, 2012
5:48 am
Agreed: balloon. Would not be the 1st time. It's definitely not a sunspot. --Rob ... From: mpml@yahoogroups.com on behalf of Tony Dunn Sent: Sat 5/26/2012...
27060 clearshot04 Offline Send Email May 28, 2012
4:35 am
I posted the images on this group, I am leaning towards the balloon theory but the object seems large. It also seems to be moving too fast to be a NEO,...
27061 Dave Tholen
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May 28, 2012
4:53 am
... Have you attempted to measure the angular size of the object, and then compute the linear size as a function of distance to aid in deciding on a cause?...
27062 Brian Warner
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May 28, 2012
10:07 am
I was away the last two weeks and so didn't keep close track of things going on here. I hope that among the "hot topics" was the flyby of 2012 KP24 this...
27063 Patrick Wiggins
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May 28, 2012
11:43 am
Brian's post prompted me to shoot a few images of 2012 KP24 (thanks Brian). 16 five second exposures with 15 seconds between each image. Fun to watch as the...
27064 Terrence R. Redding
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May 28, 2012
2:10 pm
Excellent 2:58 video of the asteroid apparently tumbling through space as it passes near the Earth. Cross post from Tangra group. Terry - W6LMJ - 14.287 ...
27065 Tomas
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May 28, 2012
3:52 pm
So much ado about 2012 KP24...
27066 Andrew Lowe
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May 28, 2012
4:26 pm
Another possibility to observe an NEO crossing the sun? On May 29 about 10:10 UT, the minimum geocentric elongation from the center of the sun will be 0.1...
27067 walcom77 Offline Send Email May 28, 2012
5:08 pm
Dear All We just updated the blog with some info and our follow-up image and animation of 2012 KT42: http://bit.ly/KyzZiU Ciao, Ernesto Guido, Nick Howes and...
27068 Aldo Vitagliano
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May 28, 2012
5:10 pm
... Hi Andrew, Here is the map for the transit: http://www.webalice.it/alvitagl/Figures/KT42Tran.gif Regards Aldo...
27069 Leonid Elenin
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May 28, 2012
5:44 pm
Hello all! I can confirm what rotation periods of 2012 KP24 is 0.0416679h +/- 0.00003 by measurements from ISON-NM. Amplitude about 1m. Regards, Leonid Elenin,...
27070 Brian D. Warner
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May 28, 2012
6:19 pm
I think the interesting thing is that the amplitude is significantly different for different observers. Depending on the phase angles involved and quality of...
27071 Andrew Lowe
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May 28, 2012
6:31 pm
The transit will occur at the zenith in Egypt, with a duration of 12 minutes. Since the apparent size could be half that of a Mercury transit, the object may...
27072 Andrew Lowe
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May 28, 2012
7:11 pm
Ignore my comment about observing the transit. As Aldo points out, the size will be 0.006", not 6"... Andrew...
27073 Sergio Foglia
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May 28, 2012
7:45 pm
dear all you will find at the following URL: http://www.apan.it/pianetini/pub/K12K24P/K12K24P.htm a preliminary lightcurve of 2012 KP24 obtained using H21...
27074 Dave Tholen
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12:32 am
... That's even larger than Apophis will be on 2029 April 13, yet this object is almost two orders of magnitude smaller than Apophis, which means it would have...
27075 Bob King
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2:14 am
Hi all, I'm trying to plot a chart to see this asteroid visually tonight. I used JPL Horizons elements on the ephemerides page for 2012 KT42 and input them...
27076 Patrick Wiggins
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6:43 am
I'm tracking 2012 KT42 and for those who might be looking for it it appears to be running about 2 minutes ahead of its predicted position. patrick 718...
27077 Dave Herald
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8:02 am
How did the figure of 6 arc sec diameter get derived for a 5m diameter asteroid? At the time of the transit, the geocentric distance is about .0008AU, or about...
27078 Patrick Wiggins
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8:28 am
When it finally cleared my horizon 2012KT42 was moving quickly and accelerating fast. Add to that the predicted positions being off a bit and 2012KT42.JPG was...
27079 Pasquale Tricarico
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8:48 am
Hi All, The asteroid 2012 KT42 has experienced a partial eclipse while approaching Earth. I think this is the first case ever of an approaching asteroid...
27080 Tony Beresford
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9:21 am
... Pasquale, I seem to remember the tracking of 2008 Tc3 of which you posted on 2009, entered the Earth's umbra before impact.I seem to remeber this was the ...
27081 Pasquale Tricarico
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9:32 am
Hi Tony, Yes, 2008 TC3 entered the Earth's umbra and then impacted. The case of 2012 TK42 it's a first in having both an eclipse and a transit during the same...
27082 Richard
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9:41 am
To members of the Minor Planets Mailing List You may be interested in this forthcoming meeting "OBSERVING PROJECTS WITH ASTEROID-COMET CONNECTIONS" A joint...
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