http://dawn.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/journal_07_29_06.asp Dawn Journal Dr. Marc D. Rayman July 29, 2006 Dear Dawnthusiasts, Dawn continues to keep its human...
Ron Baalke
baalke@...
Aug 3, 2006 3:21 pm
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Congrats to Gordon on his latest fuzzy star, C/2006 O2 -- Richard...
What effect would color differences have on binary asteroid mutual events? I have VRI lightcurves of an asteroid that shows an unexpected dip, but the...
As asteroids are solid objects, there will be no colour-dependant size-differential in the components (unlike some stars)... Consequently, if the system is an...
Hi list, Send my batch of observations to MPC two hours ago, but I didn't receive the autoACK so far... seems something didn't went right. Does anyone have...
Hi all, Does any one know a software/program, that can build up linkages between unindentify ONS? If we can report these auto-build-up 2-nighters to MPC, we...
I think I remember that Orbfit has that capability, but I might be remembering incorrectly. http://newton.dm.unipi.it/~neodys/astinfo/orbfit/ David ... From:...
Does OrbFit allow to link two nights of observations? The answer is "Yes and no". OrbFit is split into a "distribution" part, which is available as free...
Andrea Milani
milani@...
Aug 7, 2006 6:55 am
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Hello MPML I wont have access to the MPC's New Object Ephemeris Generator for a few weeks so I'll be doing the same job using Bill Gray's Findorb. To generate...
... I suppose you are running a constrained fitting, assuming the perihelion distance and the eccentricity as adopted constants. In this case I would suggest...
If you assume e=0.2, and the object at perihelion, then for a period measured in days or weeks the motion will be essentially the same as the motion in a ...
Hi folks, I'm going away on holiday for 3 weeks so will miss the fun and games of the IAU Congress in Prague (currently my home city). If any of you are ...
Astronomers do not trash cities, usually. Unless someone gets really mad about Pluto being demoted or not being demoted. My family in Prague is, alas, not...
... If Pluto is turned off, we can call it 1930 DA or so... but then how should we call the Earth? An asteroid? -Quanzhi ... really ... should ... have ... ...
... Come on now, the rules is the rules. Numbering of a minor planet requires observations over around 4 oppositions. So Earth cannot be numbered until someone...
... Two nights are necessary to receive a provisional designation, not a number... What about the pictures taken at the moon?...
Andreas Doppler
adoppler@...
Aug 9, 2006 6:40 pm
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... One of the MER rovers took pictures of the Earth -- see the article in the August (?) _Sky and Telescope_. Don't know if they submitted any astrometry to...
Bill Owen
wmo@...
Aug 9, 2006 6:52 pm
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... MPC wouldn't be the right place, but I hope they at least submitted the obs to Horizons! -- Richard...
At least not a Czech roof! LN ... From: mpml@yahoogroups.com [mailto:mpml@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of hexagram14@... Sent: Wednesday, August 09, 2006...
... Nonsense. Our Glanerbrug LL5 meteorite from 7 April 1990 hit a roof as well (see http://home.wanadoo.nl/marco.langbroek/dutchmet.html). Odegaard needs to...
http://www.esa.int/esaCP/SEMQ0AJZBQE_index_0.html 1000th sungrazing comet discovered by SOHO European Space Agency 10 August 2006 Polish amateur comet hunter...
Ron Baalke
baalke@...
Aug 10, 2006 3:48 pm
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... The designation C/2006 P7 comes from the CBAT, not the MPC. It is CBAT that has responsibility for assigning new provisional designations to comets (the...
Although, I have had some disagreements with Brian over the years working with him, I have never questioned his dedication, devotion and hard work to keep the...
