On Fri, 30 Jan 2004, Brian Skiff wrote: <snip helpful hints about the observing sequence...thanks!> ... I'm not entirely sure what this means...one Landolt...
Hello list, Like 2002 in Visnjan and 2003 in Mallorca, the MACE (Meeting on Asteroids and Comets in Europe) will be held again in 2004. This time, the meeting...
... I wanted to note that MACE 2004 takes place just a few days before the Transit of Venus, which can be seen entirely from Europe. So, maybe some people from...
Dear All, the 1st Virtual Meeting on Amateur Astronomy (http://www.bellatrixobservatory.org/cvaa_en.html) is approaching! I wish to thank all the people who...
Hi All, Anyone else notice that the new identifications in today's DOU (2004-C14) are virtually the same as those in 2004-C12? Aside from the following four ...
http://www.spacearchive.info/ Jovian Dark Spot Brian Webb Space Archive February 3, 2004 Richard Schmude, Jupiter coordinator for the Association of Lunar and...
Ron Baalke
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Feb 4, 2004 5:18 pm
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Hi to everyone, I wish to inform you that a final version of my Dossier entitled "Description of the System of Asteroids" for 2003 is now available. After the...
Gerard FAURE
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Feb 6, 2004 12:06 am
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Hi to everyone, I am Dipti Sen student of fine art from jaipur university india. sir ,I am keen insterst to start working on asteroids with the help of my...
Dipti, ... A good starting point is the Minor Planet Center's "Guide to Minor Body Astrometry": http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/info/Astrometry.html My personal...
Can any one check whether this is a satellite? I can't seem to get a good match using Bill Gray's Sat_ID with an up to date alldat.tle file. The trails show a...
... I suppose it could be a satellite, but a heliocentric orbit cannot be ruled out. Could be almost as far away as the Moon....
Dave Tholen
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Feb 8, 2004 5:10 am
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... Neither can I Peter, and I included updated elements for the very low perigee( 130km) 97 68B rather than the ones in most recent alldat.tle The 5 second...
Tony Beresford
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Feb 8, 2004 6:17 am
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... Tony, Thanks for checking. I've re-examined the images and think it must be man made - or a large natural cut diamond :-O as the trail appears to be a...
... Reiner, it was almost certainly the Japanese satellite EGP, 1986 61A, #16908. Incidentally if this object is in a proper Molniya orbit, which are...
Tony Beresford
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Feb 8, 2004 10:34 pm
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Peter, This reminds me of some images I took some time ago. It was later identified as 'Space junk'. Sure looks good though. My images are at.. ...
Hi Dipti, Greetings from Australia! If I recall, the city of Jaipur was built by an astronomer-king, who also built five great observatories around the city....
A few years back, there were a few mirrorball satellites launched for educational purposes- something that elementary/secondary students could easily spot....
... In case any one's interested, I've added an image combining the Feb 8th and also the Feb 9th recovery of this object to the bottom of the page at ...
Does anyone know of a convenient machine-readable ephemeris for the natural satellites of the planets (i.e. The moons of Jupiter, Saturn, etc.)? I'm writing a...
... Hash: SHA1 ... ~ Great! Is it a free program? I'm writing one too, ORSA (http://orsa.sf.net). Maybe we can join our efforts ;) ... ~ Yes, HORIZONS is...
This asteroid is a good prospect for either very fast (less than an hour) or very slow (more than ten hours up to maybe days) rotation period. It is unusual...
All, This coming June and July, Southern Hemisphere asteroid photometrists can play a vital role in establishing the validity of the YORP Effect. In brief,...
Hello List! There is a possible occultation of a fairly bright (12mag) star by the TNO 2001 XR254 next Saturday, February 14. Unfortunately, the uncertainty...
All, If you're thinking of attending the annual Society for Astronomical Sciences meeting at Big Bear and would like to present a paper, this is a reminder...
(A more official annoucement will soon be submitted to the IAUC.) Dear asteroid observers, Photometric observations of the asteroid (1313) Berna, obtained by...
Raoul Behrend
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Feb 12, 2004 7:25 pm
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A small correction important for non-european observers, sorry ! ... (A more official annoucement will soon be submitted to the IAUC.) Dear asteroid observers,...
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