Hi does anyone can indicate me where I can keep the latest MPCORB with epoch 27-10-2007? If someone would purchase to me, please tell me before, in order to ...
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Bill J Gray
feliks314159
Mar 2, 2008 1:04 pm
Hi Pier, Just to make sure I'm understanding you: the current MPCORB files have epoch 2008 May 14, and you'd prefer files with the previous epoch of 2007 Oct...
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Ron Baalke
baalke@...
Mar 3, 2008 5:30 am
http://dawn.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/journal_2_29_08.asp Dawn Journal Dr. Marc Rayman February 29, 2008 Dear Phildawnthropists, Treating intercalary days just as...
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Brian D. Warner
brianw_mpo
Mar 3, 2008 5:04 pm
Those with larger scopes might be able to get photometry on this. It has the potential for being a fast rotator. Clear Skies, Brian D. Warner Palmer Divide...
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Brian D. Warner
brianw_mpo
Mar 3, 2008 10:00 pm
Photometric observations (lightcurves) of 2002 TD66 are needed to support radar observations by Mike Nolan et al. Here's an ephemeris for the next 10 days....
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Ron Baalke
baalke@...
Mar 3, 2008 11:15 pm
http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/bombardment2008/ Workshop on the Early Solar System Impact Bombardment September 15-17, 2008 Houston, Texas ... FIRST...
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Don Galt
tak102pme
Mar 4, 2008 4:19 am
If interested in doing real science, calculation of NEO orbits, with your computer while you are not using it, see below. ORBIT@home ...
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Brian D. Warner
brianw_mpo
Mar 4, 2008 4:28 am
Don, There's no explanation on this link, that I can see, of exactly what this program is, who's behind it, and its purpose. I think a lot more information...
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Richard Kowalski
mpmlowner
Mar 4, 2008 4:30 am
... Interesting. I suggested this very thing about 4 or 5 years ago on this list and was told by a number of people that there is no need for distributed...
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Reiner M. Stoss
rms1kpde
Mar 4, 2008 11:32 am
Richard, Brian, ... Hmm... *I* didn't find it so complicated to get more info. Simply click on the "main page" ... About The orbit@home project is designed,...
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Richard Kowalski
mpmlowner
Mar 4, 2008 11:40 am
Apparently there was a glitch as those links were not working 6 hours ago. They are now. Richard ... Richard [Non-text portions of this message have been...
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Don Galt
tak102pme
Mar 4, 2008 1:50 pm
For those of you with concerns please follow the below links to Orbit@home description, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orbit%40home The list of distributed...
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Don Galt
tak102pme
Mar 4, 2008 6:23 pm
How it works. don Science Notes-Pulling Together http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDD_SzPYbWg&NR=1 BOINC - Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing ...
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Jean Meeus
JMeeus@...
Mar 5, 2008 7:36 am
The recently discovered object 2008 EE5 has, according to MPEC 2008-E42, an aphelic distance Q = 0.9924. This value lies inside the "uncertainty zone"...
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andrew_j_walker
Mar 5, 2008 8:55 am
2007 VL305 is listed here http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/iau/lists/NeptuneTrojans.html and on the MPEC at http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/mpec/K08/K08E44.html That's 6...
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Dave Tholen
tholen@...
Mar 5, 2008 9:31 am
... You presume correctly. To within one sigma, the observations can be satisfied by an Amor-type orbit with q=1.023 AU and Q=1.447 AU. The inclination for...
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Brian D. Warner
brianw_mpo
Mar 5, 2008 11:15 am
<HUMOR ON> If the MPCORB file is any indication, thousands of asteroids have suddenly disappeared. The March 05 build (2:40 AM) has only 2500 objects, meaning...
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Brian D. Warner
brianw_mpo
Mar 5, 2008 6:24 pm
Those asteroids have mystically reappeared! MPCORB.ZIP is now back to its usually humungous* size. *humungous: scientific term for "really big" Clear Skies, ...
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Richard Kowalski
mpmlowner
Mar 6, 2008 8:52 am
... Richard [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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Dave Tholen
tholen@...
Mar 6, 2008 8:53 am
March 5 observations from code G96 have refined the orbit somewhat. To within one sigma, allowed aphelion distances range from 0.986 to 1.859 AU (with some...
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Dave Herald
dave_herald
Mar 6, 2008 10:16 am
Many on this list will have CCD cameras on their scopes and will not want to remove them - and thus might conclude that they cannot usefully contribute to this...
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Ron Baalke
baalke@...
Mar 6, 2008 4:46 pm
http://sdss2008.uchicago.edu/ International Symposium: The Sloan Digital Sky Survey From Asteroids to Cosmology August 15-18, 2008 Chicago, Illinois Over eight...
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Ron Baalke
baalke@...
Mar 6, 2008 9:53 pm
March 6, 2008 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@... Carolina Martinez Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. ...
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Dave Tholen
tholen@...
Mar 7, 2008 7:36 am
The third night on 2008 EE5 has really firmed up the orbit. Aphelion distance is now between 1.000 and 1.037 AU. Very low eccentricity (0.1 or less). Very...
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Patrick Wiggins
scubaskydive...
Mar 7, 2008 10:07 am
... I managed to get 425 15" images (C-14 @ f/11 w/ST-10 & red filter) of 2002 TD66 over a 2.5 hour period tonight. I'll reduce the data later today and if...
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Brian D. Warner
brianw_mpo
Mar 7, 2008 2:39 pm
Patrick, I don't know if Mike will need or want the entire data set. Initially, what you should do is see if the data allow finding a period (or good...
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Richard Kowalski
mpmlowner
Mar 7, 2008 3:52 pm
... Richard [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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Patrick Wiggins
scubaskydive...
Mar 8, 2008 10:16 am
From a recent discussion here I learned that ASTORB is usually more current that MPCORB. I understand that ASTORB can be downloaded from The Asteroid Orbital...
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sedna_90377
Mar 8, 2008 1:27 pm
The newest NEOCP reported that it would pass only 0.00108 AU from the earth at Mar 9.04 UT and reach 12.8 mag. It has been already located at quite low...
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John Mahony
jmmahony
Mar 8, 2008 2:34 pm
Shouldn't that be 8E4BDB1? -John ... ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and ...