Does anyone use DAT tapes to store or archive their asteroid observations? I have several dozen new DAT tapes that I have no need for- they are Imation, 4mm...
I am forwarding a message from Dr Felicity Mellor which I have just received. Benny Peiser ________________________________________ From: Mellor, Felicity...
Peiser, Benny
B.J.Peiser@...
Dec 3, 2007 1:58 pm
20119
I welcome the clarification of the basis of this paper. From my recollection of the last 40 years or so, one of the issues associated with NEO's is getting...
I finally got around to reading this paper in its entirety, and have to say that I'm not really outraged like some of the other readers were. First of all, I...
Issue 35-1 (2008 January-March) of the Minor Planet Bulletin is available as a free PDF download at <http://www.minorplanetobserver.com/mpb/default.htm> Issues...
I see that several observers have combined their light curve observations to determine the spin axis and to do some shape modelling of an asteroid, in the ...
Greg, I believe the article was a first, at least in "modern times", i.e., since about 2000 when modeling methods by Kaasalainen et al. and others were...
It looks like the MPC has a problem, no DOU, Date of last observation list last updated on 2007 Dec. 6.26 UT. No mention on the MPC Status page of a planned...
David, ... I can confirm that the problem is not just on your side. I too had problems accessing MPC pages or services yesterday. Even the mainpage was not...
http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2007/03dec_asteroidshower.htm Asteroid Shower NASA Science News December 3, 2007 Dec. 03, 2007: Mark your calendar: The best...
Ron Baalke
baalke@...
Dec 6, 2007 5:42 pm
20129
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2007-142 Images of Saturn's Small Moons Tell the Story of Their Origins Jet Propulsion Laboratory December 06,...
Ron Baalke
baalke@...
Dec 8, 2007 3:23 am
20130
...like _very_ far out, if what seems to be a highly speculative claim is true (from tonight's astro-ph preprints): http://arxiv.org/abs/0712.1571 Detection of...
Brian Skiff
bas@...
Dec 11, 2007 1:11 am
20131
From the New York Times: The Best Way to Deflect an Asteroid http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/09/magazine/09_5_asteroid.html patrick...
http://www.jspec.jaxa.jp/okinawa_index.html The First Meeting of The International Primitive Body Exploration Working Group (IPEWG) January 14-15, 2006 ...
Ron Baalke
baalke@...
Dec 11, 2007 5:40 pm
20135
Time warp January 14-15, 2006 ... From: mpml@yahoogroups.com [mailto:mpml@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Ron Baalke Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2007 10:41 AM ...
The idea of an impact at any time in the future is hard enough to stomach for many people. But the difficulty that some portions of the population seem to have...
Robert Warren
cometman_75@...
Dec 12, 2007 6:02 pm
20139
We've been having a cloudy and somewhat stormy December here in the southwest. After a hair-raising trip back down the mountain after shutting everything down...
Absolutely beautiful, Richard! Very Christmas-y! Southern California, too, has enjoyed extremely clear skies for the last half a week thanks to the rain we...
Like so many others, we have been totally socked in here since December 5 with heavy fog and inclement weather. If the sky was falling, it would have to wait...
Fun to see these images, from here. Now the temperatures here (Atacama desert) are around 35?C during the day. Then of course, we have too this funky guy...
Dec. 13, 2007 Grey Hautaluoma Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0668 grey.hautaluoma-1@... DC Agle Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-393-9011...
Ron Baalke
baalke@...
Dec 13, 2007 11:55 pm
20144
Another speculative paper on tonight's astro-ph: http://arxiv.org/abs/0712.2198 An Outer Planet Beyond Pluto and Origin of the Trans-Neptunian Belt...
Brian Skiff
bas@...
Dec 14, 2007 2:11 am
20145
Rik has 703 open tonight, but I'm waiting for the humidity to go down below 90% before I can open G96. I've posted a pic of the Mt. Lemmon Survey 1.5-m (60")...
