Does anyone know how I can batch generate ephemeris data (specifically r, delta and phase angle) from a long list of Julian Dates for any particular asteroid?...
Richard, My program EPHEM (is there any other name?) does that, but it's a bit cumbersome. You already have a copy, I presume current (I last modified it back...
Those who use the CALL web site to submit observing notifications and/or lightcurve results are urged to visit the CALL home page and read the notice regarding...
Everyone, The recently discovered 2011 YH40 will be making a 0.0138 AU flyby on Jan 16. We are planning radar observations with Goldstone and Arecibo from the...
Hello Michael.... This object is on our list and we have already provided some data on it. Skies permitting, which it appears they will, we will have...
Right during a full moon. :=( Clear Skies, Brian D. Warner Palmer Divide Observatory ... __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus...
Dear MPMLer, ... Does anyone know how I can batch generate ephemeris data (specifically r, delta and phase angle) from a long list of Julian Dates for any...
Heyho, a flyby for statistic purposes :) (nominal Orbits) ... MEDDistances Check, a close Flyby between Objects detected Restriction Magnitude..: 17.50 ...
Using the OrbFit software v.4.2., minimum possible distance between asteroids (596) Sheila (2697 observations) and (42676) 1998 HS121 (204 observations) on...
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David Tholen
tholen@...
Jan 4, 2012 12:17 pm
... My EPHEM (I guess there isn't any other name) has had phase angle bisector from the get-go. Version 1.0 dates from 1992, as I recall. So now you know of...
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Ron Baalke
baalke@...
Jan 5, 2012 12:45 am
http://dawn.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/journal_12_30_11.asp Dawn Journal Dr. Marc Rayman December 30, 2011 Dear Indawnmitables, Dawn concludes 2011 more than 40...
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Jean Meeus
jmeeus@...
Jan 5, 2012 5:58 am
Why is Baalke always calling Vesta a "protoplanet"? A protoplanet is a planet in formation, in the early times of the solar system. Our solar system is now so...
Hello Jean: Do not shoot the messenger. Ron is just reporting what is sent out as a news release, in this case from the Dawn Team. The following is my opinion,...
... When the Dawn PR Dept. first began calling the first target a - left-over! - protoplanet, I actually had some e-mail argument with a scientist that was...
Oh Boy! We've whipped the "Is Pluto a planet" thing to death, now we can start working on "Is Vesta a protoplanet?" We can waste bandwidth for years! Woohoo!...
I really think that this does not need to be an IAU Resolution. Use of the term "protoplanet" is simply incorrect and a misinformed label to apply to larger...
Yes... Perhaps the answer is to use a language that is no longer changing do to common usage. A dead language that is not subject to evolution by slang and...
For what it's worth, here is my 'research' into the meaning of 'protoplanet' from last July again: http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/mpml/message/25780 ... ...
Indeed and good information....but to describe the resultant trash left after the actual and original "protoplanet" failed to complete its course with the same...
IAU resolutions do not determine what is right or wrong. Using those as a standard amounts to an appeal to authority, which is a logical fallacy. As we learn...
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mpml@yahoogroups.com
Jan 5, 2012 7:45 pm
Enter your vote today! A new poll has been created for the mpml group: Some years ago, Ron Baalke's press releases became a bit of an issue on this list. ...
Since it isn't clear in the post announcing the latest poll, I am the one who created it to assist me in moderating this list. You can only vote for one, and...
On last thing. To vote you need to log into your account using the email address you use to subscribe to MPML. Sorry for any inconvenience. If you don't...
Richard.... It does appear that you can vote multiple times (repeated voting, not multiple selections) , and I am sure we do not want that for a "true poll." I...
... Thanks for your question Clay. Yes. as I stated, you can change your vote until the poll closes. If you change your vote and click "vote" you will note...
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Dave Tholen
tholen@...
Jan 6, 2012 1:17 am
... It was allegedly the intense pressure from the press and the public about whether Pluto was a planet that caused the IAU to get into the business of...
... Arrgh, does one really have to mark all sarcastic remarks with emoticons? Of course the IAU will *not* ever deal with the definition of the term ...
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Dave Tholen
tholen@...
Jan 6, 2012 2:10 am
... ??? There were no emoticons in what I wrote. If there were any in the text to which I was responding, I wouldn't have been able to see them, unless...
Hello all, Donīt think we need a poll, we need to create a fund which could be used to allow some JPL employees and dependents (in this case the responsible...
