WMAP has been added to the list of satellites at the MPC's site at http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/SpaceJunk/SpaceJunk.html Thanks are due to Dale Fink the...
10710
Ron Baalke
baalke@...
Oct 1, 2003 4:55 pm
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap031001.html Astronomy Picture of the Day A Daytime Fireball Over South Wales Credit & Copyright: Jon Burnett October 1, 2003...
10711
Ron Baalke
baalke@...
Oct 1, 2003 6:10 pm
http://www.ifa.hawaii.edu/~sheppard/satellites/uranus2003.html New Satellite of Uranus S/2001 U2 University of Hawaii October 1, 2003 [Image] Figure 1:...
10712
Roger W. Sinnott
rsinnott@...
Oct 1, 2003 9:00 pm
Thanks to all for setting me straight. I'd totally forgotten about 2003 CP20 -- a severe memory lapse! -- Roger...
10713
andrew_j_walker
Oct 2, 2003 1:49 am
A few months back 2003 OX7 was listed briefly as a Mars Trojan and then better orbits showed it makes a close approach to Mars and it was delisted, however its...
10714
Jean Meeus
JMeeus@...
Oct 2, 2003 8:23 am
Andrew Walker wrote: < A few months back 2003 OX7 was listed briefly as a Mars Trojan < and then better orbits showed it makes a close approach to < Mars and...
10715
rstoss@...
rms1kpde
Oct 3, 2003 3:22 am
Tony and list, ... COD 620 OBS S. Sanchez, R. Stoss, J. Nomen MEA S. Sanchez, R. Stoss, J. Nomen TEL 0.30-m f/9 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD NET UCAC-2 ACK WMAP ...
10716
Tony Beresford
dberesford@...
Oct 3, 2003 5:26 am
... As you see from above magnitude estimates, its brightness ... Reiner, the space craft axis of symmetry is pointed at an angle of 22.5 degrees to the...
10717
Jean Meeus
JMeeus@...
Oct 3, 2003 6:50 am
About 2003 OX7 Alan wrote: < Horseshoe orbit? These are not stable, but probably nothing is for long in < Earth or Mars Trojan space. No, an object in a...
10718
Ron Baalke
baalke@...
Oct 3, 2003 3:34 pm
Meteorite Hits House In Louisiana On September 23, 2003, a meteorite fell out of the sky and hit a house in New Orleans, Louisiana. An article about the...
10719
Bob Denny
dc3dreamer
Oct 3, 2003 4:31 pm
... Just to clarify, The PinPoint package used by Cash is not customized, it is the standard PinPoint V4 Public Beta which was released for general testing ...
10720
Bob Denny
dc3dreamer
Oct 3, 2003 4:41 pm
I apologize if I am scooping a public announcement on this list... Ref Ted Bowell's "Interesting LONEOS Discovery" post, this is 2003 SQ222 and is being...
10721
Ron Baalke
baalke@...
Oct 3, 2003 5:02 pm
... The 1972 daytime fireball caught on video tape was even closer - it passed through the Earth's upper atmosphere before returning to space. Then, of...
10722
Jim Scotti
jim_scotti
Oct 3, 2003 5:21 pm
... For our close approach "records", we've always said that the object was the closest or smallest objects observed outside of the atmosphere. Jim. Jim Scotti...
10723
Brian Skiff
brian.skiff@...
Oct 3, 2003 6:26 pm
The phrasing we're using is that it's the closest object _for_which_ _an_orbit_has_been_determined_. Spacewatch has found closer stuff, but these weren't...
10724
Alan W Harris
harrisaw
Oct 3, 2003 6:34 pm
... It's all but impossible to get uniform agreement on any wording. One can claim that an orbit was determined for the 1972 grazing bolide, or for Lost City...
10725
Jim Scotti
jim_scotti
Oct 3, 2003 6:37 pm
Except that orbits have been determined for a number of bolides like the 1972 fireball, however approximate those orbits may be.... "reliable orbits" might be...
10726
Ron Baalke
baalke@...
Oct 3, 2003 6:55 pm
... That's pretty much what I said when US News called me earlier today: http://www.usnews.com/usnews/nycu/tech/nextnews/nexthome.htm Ron Baalke...
10727
Peter Birtwhistle
pbirtwhistle
Oct 3, 2003 6:56 pm
Just a bit of trivia but the astrometry from Sep 29 shows that even though 2003 SQ222 was moving east to west, the second set of 699 positions actually start...
10728
rstoss@...
rms1kpde
Oct 3, 2003 7:38 pm
... The discovery images are nice trails. Did PinPoint detect these trails automatically? What has been measured, the start and end or the centroid? If the...
10729
E. L. G. Bowell
Edward.Bowell@...
Oct 3, 2003 8:45 pm
October 3, 2003 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE contact: Steele Wotkyns public relations manager Lowell Observatory (928) 774-3358 ext. 232 Asteroid Whizzes Very...
10730
Walt Cooney
waltc@...
Oct 3, 2003 9:02 pm
Bob, your software assists in carreer guidance as well? You are amazing. -Walt :-) ... From: E. L. G. Bowell [mailto:Edward.Bowell@...] Sent: Friday,...
10731
RA Kowalski
mpmlowner
Oct 3, 2003 9:05 pm
... Interesting that Lowell isn't even mentioned... -- Richard Kowalski...
10732
E. L. G. Bowell
Edward.Bowell@...
Oct 3, 2003 9:50 pm
Oh dear! That's what happens when one puts together a press release. I wonder how many more idiocies there are. Let me publicly apologize to Bob Denny. We'll...
10733
Bob Denny
dc3dreamer
Oct 3, 2003 10:01 pm
... Heh, the above is a career-guidance system, not an astrometric system :-) http://PinPoint.DC3.com/ -- Bob...
10734
Bob Denny
dc3dreamer
Oct 3, 2003 10:29 pm
Not to worry! Those things happen. :-) -- Bob...
10735
Bob Denny
dc3dreamer
Oct 3, 2003 10:32 pm
It's ridiculous. Not to cast any bad light on Ron B... this is typical of news reporters in a hurry (which they all are). I've been bit by this effect a few...
10736
Greg Crawford
southern_obs
Oct 4, 2003 8:48 am
If anyone not already contacted is interested in a group photo of the Australian Minor Planet Workshop participants, it is here: ...
10737
nolan@...
Oct 5, 2003 2:26 am
All, Our Arecibo radar observations of 2003 SS84 show that it is a binary system. This is the smallest system we've sent yet: the primary is not more than 150m...
10738
Jean Meeus
JMeeus@...
Oct 5, 2003 9:07 am
New elements for 2003 SC220 are given in MPEC 2003-T21 (Oct. 5). Although these elements are based on a 3-day arc only, it now seems certain that the object is...
