My opinion It is shameful that the IAU has failed to live up to its responsibility to place the MPC on an adequate and stable financial basis but it appears ...
From the above-mentioned editorial: "And while there is understandable appeal to naming a minor planet of which one has been credited as the discoverer, has...
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Walt Cooney
walt@...
Dec 1, 2001 9:51 pm
Thanks Roy for expressing this view very eloquently. I understand the financial plight of the Minor Planet Center. I do not understand this notion that they...
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Jean-Claude MERLIN
jcmerlin@...
Dec 1, 2001 9:53 pm
To MPC Folks ... ... From: MPEC mailing list <qmpc@...> To: <JCMerlin@...> Sent: Friday, November 30, 2001 11:31 PM Subject: MPEC W73:...
When I first start the experiment at 333, I had a very good idea about how much it cost in capital investment on telescopes, CCDs and computers, but I never...
It would appear from these reports that when funding is short, observers turn on each other. That is a rather destructive response to the problem. Behind all...
An interesting thing about the Editorial notice is that it contains two general threads: 1. That the financial situation at the MPC is critical and activity ...
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Jim Waller
jbwaller@...
Dec 2, 2001 12:35 am
It would be interesting know if the IAU has a funding source that could be (re)directed to solving the financial crisis at the MPC. That is, the criticism of...
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Brian Skiff
bas@...
Dec 2, 2001 1:18 am
At the first (1999) MPML meeting, Marsden made essentially the same complaints about funding, and Don Yeomans, who was standing in the front of the room,...
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Gary Hug
frogstar@...
Dec 2, 2001 2:23 am
As I remember the scene, Marsden refused the offer because of what he perceived (either correctly or incorrectly) as a set of strings attached to Yeomans ...
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RA Kowalski
bitnik@...
Dec 2, 2001 2:48 am
I thought this sentence a bit peculiar: "... and renders the orbital solutions more and more routine the more complete and extensive the observational set...
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Brian Skiff
bas@...
Dec 2, 2001 3:21 am
... Well, yes, it would have been a NASA contract, with a grant monitor, quarterly reports, and general oversight. In other words, just what every scientist...
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Brian Skiff
bas@...
Dec 2, 2001 3:25 am
... I thought that was a double mistake: the discoverers not bothering to make IDs using MPChecker of candidates there were going to submit as NEO candidates,...
The following is respectfully submitted. I work in an R&D environment, and the one thing that many scientists fail to recognize is that human perception and...
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Jean-Claude MERLIN
jcmerlin@...
Dec 2, 2001 7:24 pm
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After reading "Brian's Song" and the thunderous applause that followed the past day or so I thought back to the good-old-days when a good night at the ...
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Paul G. Comba
comba@...
Dec 2, 2001 11:11 pm
I have no objections to paying to have observations published, or proposed names and citations processed and published. Most refereed scholarly journals have...
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Jean-Claude PELLE
jcpelle@...
Dec 2, 2001 11:45 pm
The problem with the MPC is not a "funding" problem, but more a "Public Relation" problem. More and more people express concerns about the arrogant tone of the...
There has been much commentary regarding the last two editorial notices. I offer no direct comments myself on what should be done. Those I have seen are...
Paul: A very well thought out responce. I am farly sure that Brian was refering to the fact that the MPC computers (Gareth, Tim, and Brian) have been...
I find it gravely sad that this editorial would dare to belittle amateur's effort in such a direct way, but on the other hand I did find an inspiration. If the...
My opinions. 1.) MPC funding: From reading the two MPEC EDITORIAL NOTICES* it is obvious to me that the real problem lies with lack of funding from Federal, ...
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Alan W. Harris
awharris@...
Dec 3, 2001 8:18 pm
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I don't think the IAU is "swimming" in cash either. The only people in the position to request additional funding be alloted to the Central Bureau and MPC are...
Just to clarify my previous post. By the "Ford Foundation", I meant of automotive fame. It turns out that the AAVSO has been from time to time been funded by ...
cspratt@... wrote: I don't think the IAU is "swimming" in cash either. The only people in the position to request additional funding be alloted to...
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Mark Trueblood
mtrueblood@...
Dec 3, 2001 11:10 pm
First, let me thank Dr. Marsden for mentioning my tiny, almost insignificant donation to the MPC in response to his earlier request. Now, let's do some math....
... If I remember right, the MPC Gerhardat one time that follow-up observations of NEOs should be reported immediately (that is, for most amateurs, in a batch...
10 Commandments for Amateur ASTRONOMERS 1. Thou shalt have no white light before thee, behind thee, or to the side of thee whilst sharing the night sky with...
