Hello, if anybody manages to get a position for 2002 AA29 tonight, please send a copy to nolan@... as well as the MPC. We have Arecibo radar observations...
nolan@...
Jul 1, 2002 8:37 pm
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MEDIA RELATIONS OFFICE JET PROPULSION LABORATORY CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION PASADENA, CALIF. 91109...
Hi Reiner, An upside of dodgy magnitudes is that an object on the NEOCP (or for that matter Spaceguard Priority page) may well be brighter than one is led to...
Look at http://newton.dm.unipi.it/cgi-bin/neodys/neoibo?objects:2002MR3;obs;1;200 and you will find a "non documented feature" of our Orbfit software: we do ...
Andrea Milani
milani@...
Jul 2, 2002 11:10 am
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Hello, Below are some astrometric positions of Pluto obtained at Vicques Observatory. The GSC-ACT star catalog is used in the astrometric reduction. Best...
Michel Ory
pivatte@...
Jul 2, 2002 12:07 pm
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Just a reminder to Michel and everyone else that MPML should not be used to post observations. Observations should be sent ot the MPC and any other appropriate...
http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/astronomy/morrison_interview_020702-1.html Protecting the Planet: SPACE.com Q&A with Asteroid Hunter David Morrison By...
Ron Baalke
baalke@...
Jul 2, 2002 4:12 pm
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http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/press/pr0217.html Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Press Release No.: 02-17 For Release: July 1, 2002 2002 COMET AWARDS...
Ron Baalke
baalke@...
Jul 2, 2002 5:12 pm
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http://www.contour2002.org/news.php?id=9 CONTOUR Update July 2, 2002 Start the Countdown! From a final fill up to a half-day's worth of system checkouts,...
Ron Baalke
baalke@...
Jul 2, 2002 5:58 pm
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Further to Rich's note, it is also worth mentioning that groups involved in observing the upcoming occultation by Pluto have been doing astrometry of both the...
Brian Skiff
brian.skiff@...
Jul 2, 2002 6:27 pm
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... of his measuring software when measuring low SNR images... Reiner, many thanks, point taken. I'll leave them out until I can depend on them a bit more. ...
Dear List, I just wonder are there any last minute updates on Pluto occultation path? If no, how accurate is the present path? I heard that even a 0.1" error...
First, some background... I no longer live 5 mins walk from the MPC. In December, I moved to Arlington and now cycle into work (via the Minuteman bike trail...
Gareth V. Williams
graff@...
Jul 3, 2002 10:42 am
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Hello, I'm very interested if someone in this list could help us (in private) to update this Pluto occultation path, as we are almost in the center of the...
Gareth, Sorry to hear of your accident. (It has echoes of Gordon Garradd's experience some time ago.) Hope that the pain soon subsides and healing follows...
I remember hearing of Gordon's accident, and one of the folks from SGCN had an accident on a motor bike while on holiday a year or so ago. For such a small...
Thanks to everyone who e-mailed (mostly privately) offering sympathy. I should fall off my bike more often :-) Things are very quiet at the moment so I can go...
Gareth V. Williams
graff@...
Jul 3, 2002 2:48 pm
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A late comment to this post (after a discussion with a specialist of deconvolution techniques): - Richardson-Lucy uses the maximum of entropy method. Not only...
Michel Festou
festou@...
Jul 3, 2002 3:16 pm
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NASA News National Aeronautics and Space Administration John F. Kennedy Space Center Kennedy Space Center, Florida 32899 AC 321-867-2468 ...
Ron Baalke
baalke@...
Jul 3, 2002 3:18 pm
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... I'm hoping that someone can explain as to why the launch windows for this mission only lasted six seconds since the probe is to remain in orbit for over a ...
This correlates with the experimental evidence I have obtained here by testing various image processing methods. The experiments were anything but thorough,...
I'm not aware of the exact details of the desired Earth orbit and subsequent interplanetary trajectory, but the requirement usually stems from the limited...
Hello, My name is Robert Burns. I'm an amateur observing and imaging from East Texas, and I'm gearing up to hunt for asteroids. The biggest hurdle for me,...
As a service to any list members and others who might like to image CONTOUR spacecraft while its in Earth orbit ( till Aug15 ), I have added the published TLEs...
I too have been frustrated with the time drift of my laptop's clock of up to an hour over a full night's session, especially when I do photometric light curves...
I was the one who had a motorbike accident last year. Best wishes for a quick recovery to Gareth, and some piece of advice: do use the time needed for exercise...
Andrea Milani
milani@...
Jul 5, 2002 10:24 am
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... Dear Gordon (and others going to APMPW), Contrary to my earlier message, I have decided to attend this year's meeting. I'll feel like a ping-pong ball...
Alan W Harris
Alan.W.Harris@...
Jul 5, 2002 9:59 pm
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Last night I have discovered some asteroids that seemed to be new (after checking with MPC web page). The weather is forcasted to be bad for the coming week...
Anyone who has had success using the Windows Version of the Orbfit package and is willing to answer probably dumb installation questions please contact me off...
