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... Apply a time-varying phase shift to track the object. ... This overrides the normal behaviour of using the spin axis. arcane The format for the pmotion text files is the "arcane" format (see below). ... Each source is specified by three numbers: ra dec flux The RA and DEC are in normal Miriad format, and the flux is in Jy. ... The normal format consists of 3 values per line, being time ra dec with "time" (UTC), "ra" and "dec" being the position of the object at a given time. ...

... The function is accessible, if the file with the image is open, and Ю identification of a star field is made. ... a) Load a first image by the command " Open ", and others by the command " Open +". b) Make an identification of the field. c) Open the menu " File ", select " Next " or press . ... It is necessary tree or more images. a) Load the first image by the command " Open" , and others by the command " Open + ". b) Open the menu " Marking ", select "Detect moving objects" or press - . ...

slitless -- Extract a spectrum from a direct/GRISM image pair slitless image grism output PARAMETERS . ... A two dimensional direct image to be used to select an object. grism . A two dimensional GRISM image containing slitless spectra of objects present in the direct image. output . ... Toggle whether or not a background estimate is subtracted from the extracted object spectrum. mingood = INDEF . Pixels of the grism image with values smaller than this are ignored. maxgood = INDEF . ...

Pulkovo Database of Observations of Minor Planets and Comets . Select an object and the time interval . Minor planets with long-term observations - - - - - - select an object - - - - - - 1 Ceres 2 Pallas 3 Juno 4 Vesta 6 Hebe 7 Iris 11 Parthenope 18 Melpomene 25 Phocaea 39 Laetitia 40 Harmonia 389 Industria 532 Herculina 704 Interamnia 762 Pulkova . ... Select database . ...

MPEC 2010-A35 : 2010 AL2 http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/mpec/K10/K10A35.html Printer-friendly version MPC Ope rations Status Processing (Info) ECS: Accessible Obse rv e r Se rv ice s (NEOs) NEO Services Overview NEO Confirmation NEO Confirmation (RA order) NEO Ratings NEO Page NEO Observation Planning Aid NEOChecker NEOCMT Checker Obse rv e r Se rv ice s Services Overview IAUMail Minor Planet & Comet Ephem. ... Orbital elements: 2010 AL2 Epoch 2010 Jan. ...

... SATELLITE: An object that revolves around a planet. ... SIDEREAL DAY: The length of a planet's rotation period relative to the stars. SOLAR SYSTEM: The sun and all the objects that are held in its gravitational field and move around it. ... SUPERIOR CONJUNCTION: The position of a planet when it is on the opposite side of the Sun from Earth (thus making in invisible). ... TRANSIT: The movement of an object between the Earth and the Sun and showing on the surface of the sun as a black dot. ...

... AstroCC is a coordinate conversion utility for astronomy. It accepts an object designation or the coordinates of an object and calculates coordinates in alternative systems, and at different dates, times, and locations. It also provides lunar and bright planet coordinates to aid in planning observations. ... BJD values may also be retrieved from http://astroutils.astronomy.ohio-state.edu/time/utc2bjd.html which is based on Eastman et al. ... Coordinate data are obtained from SIMBAD. ...

... Future seminars . P a s t seminars . Seminar council . ... Computer simulations of the orbital evolution of Jupiter-family comets (JFCs), resonant asteroids, and asteroidal, trans-Neptunian, and cometary dust particles were made. ... For dust particles we also considered radiation pressure, Poynting-Robertson drag, and solar wind drag. ... The maximum probability of a collision of an asteroidal or cometary dust particle with the Earth during its lifetime was for diameter d~100 microns. ...

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