http://exploration.esa.int/science-e/www/object/index.cfm?fobjectid=47940 Announcement of Opportunity for ExoMars Entry, Descent and Landing Demonstrator...
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Ron Baalke
baalke@...
Dec 2, 2010 5:30 pm
http://astrobiology.nasa.gov/articles/evidence-of-ancient-impact-preserved-in-modern-sand/ Evidence of Ancient Impact Preserved in Modern Sand NASA...
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Ron Baalke
baalke@...
Dec 2, 2010 7:26 pm
Dec. 02, 2010 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@... Cathy Weselby Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. 650-604-2791...
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Dimitry Chestnov
astroched
Dec 3, 2010 7:34 pm
The Astrotel telescope, which now operates under code 114, is an amateur project based on the territory of Kazan University station. 2010 WV8 is the first PHA...
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Ron Baalke
baalke@...
Dec 3, 2010 11:39 pm
http://dawn.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/journal_11_30_10.asp Dawn Journal Dr. Marc Rayman November 30, 2010 Dear Dawnizens of the Solar System, Dawn is maintaining...
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Gareth
grunwalder2002
Dec 4, 2010 3:07 am
A memorial for Brian G. Marsden will be held at 3 P.M. on Sunday, January 16, 2011 at Hancock United Church of Christ, 1912 Mass. Ave., Lexington, MA 02421. ...
After weeks of clouds and moonlight, I finally got a chance to try to get an image of Comet Ikeya-Murakami P/2010 V1 again. But I had a hard time finding it in...
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Ron Baalke
baalke@...
Dec 7, 2010 6:05 pm
http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2010/06dec_geminids/ Geminid Meteor Shower Defies Explanation NASA Science News Dec. 6, 2010: The Geminid...
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Luca Buzzi
buzzi_luca
Dec 8, 2010 7:20 pm
No, I don't want to start another thread on "what is the best catalogue for astrometric/photometric reductions" but sometimes the photometric difference ...
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Tom
glinos7124
Dec 8, 2010 9:41 pm
I sent this along to the MPC but thought I would post this here as well. J07E14 C2010 12 05.44194 10 30 27.03 +01 54 11.4 16.9 R G92 Scully...
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Luca Buzzi
buzzi_luca
Dec 8, 2010 9:53 pm
From MPES: (1337) Gerarda Display all designations for this object / Show naming citation / # of variant orbits available = 3 Epoch 2011 Feb. 8.0 TT = JDT...
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P. Clay Sherrod
drclay2002
Dec 8, 2010 9:54 pm
There are quite a few discrepancies in predicted magnitudes; for example, Betulia (1580) is listed at somewhere around "4" but it comes in at around 18.9 right...
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Dave Herald
dave_herald
Dec 8, 2010 10:00 pm
I've just downloaded the latest version of MPCORB, and the cause is clear. For a significant number of asteroids, the value of 'H' is not the absolute...
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Gerald McKeegan
geraldspace
Dec 8, 2010 10:19 pm
I think there is an error in the H value given below. You show it as H = 0.15, but that corresponds to a diameter of roughly 3,000 km. The diameter of (1337)...
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Dave Herald
dave_herald
Dec 8, 2010 10:34 pm
Two comments. 1. There is a generic issue involved here. You need to recognise that photometric calibrations at faint magnitudes are problematic, and typically...
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Dave Herald
dave_herald
Dec 8, 2010 10:44 pm
Further to this. Inspection of MPO186486 and subsequent shows the problem is limited to 136 asteroids with numbers in the range 95 through to 1647. Dave Herald...
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Greg Hennessy
gshennessy
Dec 8, 2010 10:53 pm
... As a caveat, what Dave says is true for the V magnitudes in NOMAD, but B magnitudes have more USNOB1 magnitudes than YB6 magnitudes. Greg Hennessy...
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Alain
geocroiseur
Dec 8, 2010 11:06 pm
Hello all, Just a wishful thinking, but since the end of the year is coming, and we all have to think about resolutions for the new year, may I suggest that...
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Dave Tholen
tholen@...
Dec 9, 2010 12:53 am
... That's not a freakingly modern version of Fortran. It was a major update to the Fortran 77 language that was in use at the time. A minor update was made...
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Alain
geocroiseur
Dec 9, 2010 3:10 am
Hello Dave, When I was very young, I did program in Fortran, and indeed once used cards, etc... Even when the cards dissapeared I still used Fortran, then C,...
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Dave Herald
dave_herald
Dec 9, 2010 4:27 am
The MPCStatus page now has the following: a.. Incorrect H values 2010 Dec. 8: 23:50. Following a report from a user, a problem with the H values for 143 orbits...
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mcgahajames
Dec 9, 2010 5:42 am
Interesting ? Maybe not ! James McGaha, MS, FRAS Director, Grasslands Observatory, 651 Hawaii asteroid-hunting telescope launch delayed Dec 8, 10:21 PM (ET) By...
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Paul G. Comba
comba@...
Dec 9, 2010 5:53 am
Some of the oldtimers on this list may remember that I was an active contributor in the period 1999-2001. In fact in the years 1995-2001 I was doing minor...
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arne
ahenden2
Dec 9, 2010 12:42 pm
... 2. On photometry at fainter magnitudes. People might be interested to read about the AAVSO Photometric All Sky Survey (APASS) - which is intended to...
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Dr. D. T. Durig
dougdurig
Dec 9, 2010 12:48 pm
I had much better conditions this morning and got 25 x 2 minute images. No wind, low 20s, VERY clear skies, good guide star, about as good as it gets around...
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Bill J Gray
feliks314159
Dec 9, 2010 2:23 pm
Hi Alain, all, I don't think MPC is totally deaf to this problem. A new format for astrometry was proposed a while back: ...
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Reiner M. Stoss
rms1kpde
Dec 9, 2010 3:13 pm
... Ever wondered why 2010 AA1 is K10A01A and not K10AA01? If not, then you have never tried to sort a list of asteroid designations... This sorting advantage...
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Alain
geocroiseur
Dec 9, 2010 6:50 pm
Hello Reiner, It's not that I am stupid, it's that I don't want to make the effort to read packed designation. It is a mess, and in the two lists you give, I...
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Dave Tholen
tholen@...
Dec 9, 2010 9:05 pm
... More specifically, sorted chronologically. ... I would assume that the reason the particular packed form was chosen was to make it easy to sort...
