Does any kind of international protocol exist for dealing with potential impacts ? For example how such an event might be announced to the general public ?...
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P. Clay Sherrod
drclay2002
Jan 3, 2009 1:45 pm
None at all so far as I am aware. In fact the last time we had a "scare" there was considerable Monday morning quarterbacking as to why it was not handled...
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Bill J Gray
feliks314159
Jan 3, 2009 5:33 pm
Hi Roger, I know of no "official"; procedure for such an announcement. With apologies for a somewhat long post: I see two cases here: the Apophis case, where...
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Alain Maury
geocroiseur
Jan 3, 2009 6:38 pm
Hello Bill and others, A few comments on this post. I am right now writing my yearly statistics on NEO discoveries and adding a small text on the current state...
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Roger Dymock
roger_dymock
Jan 3, 2009 7:09 pm
Thanks for the replies so far. For the sake of us who don't play American football what is 'Monday morning quarterbacking' ? Passing the buck or covering you...
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P. Clay Sherrod
drclay2002
Jan 3, 2009 7:18 pm
Ahh.... I forgot that Monday morning quarterbacking is an American pastime, best pursued during office hours by a water cooler discussing what "could have ...
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Alan W Harris
harrisaw
Jan 3, 2009 7:28 pm
... The question of an "official"; procedure has a long, and I must say in some ways sordid, past. Following the first fiasco with 1997 XF11, the IAU set up a...
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P. Clay Sherrod
drclay2002
Jan 3, 2009 7:32 pm
Terrific.... Now we know that at least there will be trailers available after the fact. Clay _____ Dr. P. Clay Sherrod Arkansas Sky Observatories MPC H45 -...
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Rik Hill
rikhill
Jan 3, 2009 8:20 pm
Looking back with 20-20 hindsight....
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Alain Maury
geocroiseur
Jan 3, 2009 10:32 pm
Scarry message, wasn't the FEMA, the department of homeland security and so on the people who were in charge during the Katrina hurricane ? Wow... But don't...
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John Mahony
jmmahony
Jan 4, 2009 3:02 am
... Nothing formal as far as I know. If there's something potentially dangerous out there, you'll usually here it here first, and there are science...
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John Mahony
jmmahony
Jan 4, 2009 3:24 am
... I don't check the NEOCP regularly either. The observatory I use is a public observatory a half-hour drive out of town, and as an amateur I don't get paid...
Hi Dave, This was my fault -- I mistakenly attached station code 260 instead of 261 to my measurements of the DSS XE174 1950 plate. --Rob ... From:...
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Roger Dymock
roger_dymock
Jan 5, 2009 1:58 pm
Thanks again for all you replies. I guess the process could be summarized thus; 1) Discover NEO 2) Confirm discovery 3) Compute orbit 4) Compute chance of...
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Michael Schwartz
mbs@...
Jan 5, 2009 2:09 pm
5b had me laughing at my desk at at 7:00am. Thanks for a good start to the day! Michael Schwartz Tenagra Observatories ... From: Roger Dymock To: 'John...
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Peiser, Benny
B.J.Peiser@...
Jan 5, 2009 2:22 pm
Roger For what it's worth, here is a link to my 2002 paper on the public handling of asteroid impact information. I think most of my thoughts and ideas about...
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Andrea Milani
milani@...
Jan 7, 2009 10:13 am
The online service AstDyS (providing orbits, ephemerides, proper elements, etc.) for numbered and multiopposition asteroids has been down for several days...
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Rik Hill
rikhill
Jan 7, 2009 9:53 pm
You folks will enjoy the last line..... Obama's wheels: Secret Service to unveil new presidential limo By Mike M. Ahlers and Eric Marrapodi CNN updated 1:15...
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Gonzalo Tancredi
gj_tancredi
Jan 8, 2009 6:30 pm
Dear Andrea I still have no access to AstDys, NeoDys and not even to your webpage. Have you been able to solve the problem? Gonzalo Gonzalo Tancredi Dpto....
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wlodarczyk_i
Jan 8, 2009 7:18 pm
They work good, Best regards, Ireneusz Wlodarczyk 553 Chorzow ... webpage. ... int. 319 ... elements, ... for several ... been ... our ... notice and ... not...
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Ron Baalke
baalke@...
Jan 8, 2009 8:34 pm
FROM: Johnny Cruz (520-621-1879; cruzj@...) January 8, 2009 Catalina Sky Survey Sets New Record for NEO Discoveries, Receives Funding Through...
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Andrea Milani
milani@...
Jan 9, 2009 6:23 am
I do not understand. AstDyS is now up. NEODYS has never been down recently. My web page is up. ... ================================================ Andrea...
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Roger Dymock
roger_dymock
Jan 10, 2009 10:21 am
The JPL NEO Program website mentions IAU Technical Reviews wrt potential impacts. Doea anyone know if any such reviews have taken place and are details of such...
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Jon Giorgini
jon_giorgini
Jan 11, 2009 7:11 am
An updated trajectory for the NExT spacecraft Earth flyby 2009-Jan-14 19:33 UTC (provided by the navigation team) is on Horizons. It includes the results of a...
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Bill J Gray
feliks314159
Jan 11, 2009 7:05 pm
Bill Ryan got some data on this object on 31 December and 2 January, so we've some clue as to its magnitude: http://home.gwi.net/~pluto/mpecs/next.htm with the...
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Luca Buzzi
buzzi_luca
Jan 11, 2009 8:31 pm
Tomorrow, if the weather cooperates, I will surely get some astrometry on it. Regards, Luca Buzzi # 204 ... Da: mpml@yahoogroups.com...
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Luca Buzzi
buzzi_luca
Jan 12, 2009 11:59 pm
Dear all, here is some astrometry of NExT from images taken tonight. Best regards, Luca Buzzi # 204 COD 204 ACK Batch (668) CON L. Buzzi, Via A. Del Sarto 3,...
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John Mahony
jmmahony
Jan 13, 2009 1:44 am
... featuring Andrea Boattini and Don Yeomans. <http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7824002.stm> (Note to journalists: that's the second article I've...
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Patrick Wiggins
scubaskydive...
Jan 14, 2009 6:01 am
Thanks for the data Luca, As I enter this message I'm shooting a series of 10" exposures at 10" intervals as the spacecraft crosses my camera's 9' x 13' FOV. ...
