Is there someone planning to observe 2004 RQ252? Thanks, Andrea =============================================== Andrea Boattini E-mail: boattini@......
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Loucks, Scott R.
lamp_obs
Oct 2, 2004 7:01 am
... Then why does the Spaceguard Priority List still list objects brighter than v 19 listed as "Urgent"? Is there a way to determine which objects have been...
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illuminatus36
Oct 2, 2004 7:02 am
Any ideas? http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/3774616/detail.html...
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John Mahony
jmmahony
Oct 2, 2004 7:43 am
A bright object could be urgent if it is a very small object making a very close pass by earth. In that case, the magnitude spike will be so sharp that it may...
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Dave Tholen
tholen@...
Oct 2, 2004 8:11 am
... I have noticed that on occasion, the Spaceguard Priority List does not get updated on a daily basis, so we have actually observed an object that needs no...
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esox44
Oct 2, 2004 10:54 am
Notice I said 'Most'. Not all. Good judgement is required occasionally in making a decision on these things. Also, the combination of the MPC page, and the...
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David Dixon
dixon_lascruce
Oct 2, 2004 2:02 pm
Latency on all the lists is periodically a problem. The date of last observation lists at the MPC as of a couple minutes ago were last updated "This document...
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David Dixon
dixon_lascruce
Oct 3, 2004 2:57 am
If you missed this earlier here are Roy Tucker and Matt Dawson's interviews on Planetary Radio from The Planetary Society. ...
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Michel Ory
pivatte
Oct 3, 2004 11:09 am
Hello to all observers in the South, Our MBO 2003 EZ49 and 2002 DP need just one more night (ev. two) to be ready for number (now U=1 and "Very desirable...")....
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alcahill2001
Oct 3, 2004 12:15 pm
Hi there, Can someone point me to a useable database list, just for Mars Crossing Asteroids? Any help appreciated. Best Regards Alan Alan Cahill Abbeydale...
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Andrea Milani
milani@...
Oct 3, 2004 2:33 pm
http://hamilton.dm.unipi.it/cgi-bin/astdys/astibo?orbitalsearch:0;main select by perihelion (AU) between, say, 1.3 and 1.6, you get 879 numbered and multi...
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Ireneusz Wlodarczyk
astrobit@...
Oct 3, 2004 4:12 pm
... You can simply compute MC from astorb.dat of Lowell Observatory taking 1.3 AU<q<1.667 AU. Best regards, Ireneusz Wlodarczyk 553 Chorzow ...
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Fiona Vincent
fv@...
Oct 3, 2004 4:50 pm
... Is that using "SLOP"? I can never persuade that to work for me. I just tried again, using the parameters you suggest here, and I get the error "zero...
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Alan Cahill
alcahill2001
Oct 3, 2004 5:07 pm
Thanks everyone for your great help. Much appreciated. Best Regards Alan Alan Cahill Abbeydale Observatory, Gloucester U.K. MPC Code J94 ...
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Christian
chrisk0304
Oct 3, 2004 8:47 pm
Tim, What is in your opinion the minimum aperture scope required to do useful astrometry? Regards, Christian Kjaernet...
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rstoss@...
rms1kpde
Oct 3, 2004 9:00 pm
... Obviously the one who permits to go to 20-21 V with astrometry better than 1". What size of aperture you need to achieve this depends on many things. ...
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Dave Tholen
tholen@...
Oct 3, 2004 10:33 pm
... Depends on how you wish to define a Mars crosser. Perhaps you're familiar with the differences in definition for Apollo and Amor due to the eccentricity...
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Lance Benner
lance@...
Oct 4, 2004 12:34 am
Greetings MPML, We detected radar echoes from binary asteroids 1998 ST27 and 66063 (1998 RO1) at Arecibo today. The detections should enable us to refine...
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Christian
chrisk0304
Oct 4, 2004 6:18 am
Thanks Reiner, that's what I was afraid of. It is hard to "compete" with the big surveys. Christian...
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David Dixon
dixon_lascruce
Oct 4, 2004 11:35 am
The most accurate way to get an idea to find out what various astrometric system are capable of is to check the observation summary at the MPC ...
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enterpris
Oct 4, 2004 5:19 pm
Dear all, I'm new to the list and joined after reading a lot these days about Toutatis & Co. After visiting several websites, I heard about this group and...
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esox44
Oct 4, 2004 6:54 pm
I see Mr. Stoss has already taken care of a reply :-) one of the things I was trying to get across was that competing with the surveys is likely to lead to...
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RA Kowalski
mpmlowner@...
Oct 4, 2004 7:53 pm
Just a quick post to make note of a few interesting things that happened today: 1st, 47 years ago today, the Soviet Union launched Sputnik 1 into orbit,...
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Alan Cahill
alcahill2001
Oct 4, 2004 8:04 pm
Hi Richard, I for one would like to thank you for this achievement. Brilliant group, and thanks again. Best Regards Alan ... Alan Cahill Abbeydale Observatory,...
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Robert Burns
rdburns2002
Oct 4, 2004 8:10 pm
I got my observatory code in 2002, then a series of health problems, gear failures and a cracker neighbor with halogen floodlights put me out of business for...
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Roy Tucker
gpobs@...
Oct 5, 2004 12:11 am
... What MPML has become is due in large part to your very capable administration. And I'm sure it hasn't been easy at times. My compliments, Sir! - Roy...
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Brian D. Warner
brianw_mpo
Oct 5, 2004 2:26 am
Congratulations, Richard! Many more years to come! Clear Skies, Brian D. Warner Palmer Divide Observatory (716) http://www.MinorPlanetObserver.com ...
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Michael Smith
michael.smith@...
Oct 5, 2004 3:52 am
On Mon, 04 Oct 2004 17:06:51 -0000 "enterpris" <enterpris@...> ... There has been plenty of discussion about it. Particularly on the space tech...
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ddixon@...
dixon_lascruce
Oct 5, 2004 5:42 pm
There has been an recent thread about what type of system is needed to participate in follow up at mag > 20V. As a practical example see today's discovery...
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Denis Denissenko
dendarahden
Oct 5, 2004 6:14 pm
Dear asteroid observers! Minor planet (319) Leona suddenly turned out to be an object of great interest. I have recently found that this asteroid will occult...
