... Armagh Observatory, College Hill, Armagh BT61 9DG, +44 (0)28 3752 2928 . ... Risks Comparable to NEOs . ... The Increasing Rate of Discovery of Asteroids . ... Comet and Asteroid Collision Probabilities . ... Extreme albedo comets and the impact hazard (PDF Format) . ... Asteroid Impact Animations . ... Workshop on Scientific Requirements for Mitigation of Hazardous Comets and Asteroids - 2002 . ... The Spaceguard Survey Report, 1992 (PDF) . Tsunami from Asteroid/Comet Impacts . ...

... The package AMPLE (Adaptable Minor Planet Ephemerides) is dedicated to solving a number of problems concerning minor planets with the aid of IBM-type personal computer. ... Obtaining selection of orbital elements and/ or photometric parameters of minor planets in conformity with imposed restrictions. ... The orbital elements of all minor planets used in AMPLE for 2015 have been determined in IAA on the ground of available observations in the catalogue of observations of the Minor Planet Center. ...

... The predicted MIR's ground tracks, which pass near INSPIRE net, are available in this home page. The track consists from magnetic footprints calculated by magnetic mapping from MIR positions with 30 s step. ... For each time some of the INSPIRE net place are selected as soon as its coordinates are close to the MIR magnetic footprint (the geocentric angular distance between SP and footprint is less then 2.1 deg) . Back to the Top . ... Back to the IKI Satellite Situation Center (SSC) . ...

... Content Model: %Body.Content . ... Note that the ID, LANG and CLASS attributes can be used with virtually all of the elements permitted in the document body. ... CLASS . ... The CLASS attribute is most commonly used to attach a different style to some element, but it is recommended that where practical class names should be picked on the basis of the element's semantics, as this will permit other uses, such as restricting search through documents by matching on element class names. ...

... User Guide ] Key: region This selects a subregion of an image. ... The following subcommands are recognized (each of which can be abbreviated to uniqueness). images(z1,z2) Select image planes z1 to z2 inclusive. z2 defaults to z1. quarter(z1,z2) Select the inner quarter of the image planes z1 to z2 inclusive. ... If only z2 is omitted, z2 defaults to z1. percentage(px,py)(z1,z2) Select the inner px and py percent of the image x and y axis for planes z1 to z2 inclusive. ...

... Near Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer Instrument Handbook for Cycle 17 > Chapter 8: Detector Readout Modes > 8.4 Accumulate Mode . ... Its main difference relative to a MULTIACCUM exposure with NSAMP =2 (or two readouts selected) is that the first array read gets subtracted from the second array read by the on-board computer, and only the difference image is sent to the ground. ... Multiple Initial and Final Sample Readout . ... Figure 8.3: ACCUM Mode with Four Initial and Final...

... The task accepts two sources lists: the observation source list and the exposure source list. ... List of selected sources. This le contains a table, called SRCLIST, with the following columns: Name Type Description SRC NUM Integer Source ID from observation source list RA Double RA from exposure source list DEC Double Declination from expoure source list RATE Real Count rate from observation source list COUNTS Real Number of source counts, from exposure source ...

... A file upload element on an HTML form. ... JavaScript 1.1: added type property . ... The HTML INPUT tag, with "file" as the value of the TYPE attribute. For a given form, the JavaScript runtime engine creates appropriate FileUpload objects and puts these objects in the elements array of the corresponding Form object. ... form . ... For all FileUpload objects, the value of the type property is "file" . ... Use the value property to obtain the file name that the user typed into a FileUpload object. ...

... Star Atlas . Product Reviews . ... stars . ... We are made up of elements forged in stars. But with the vast distances between stars, are we the product of only one star or many? ... RELATED TOPICS: STARS . Not only are you made of many stars; you re made of many generations of stars. ... Get instant access to subscriber content on Astronomy.com! Access our interactive Atlas of the Stars . ... A gamma-ray burst hints that LIGO's double black holes started as one massive star . ...

... To plot the data (and model, here xitau.model), I have read the model, computed the model values for the ASTROMETRY, and used Plot|ASTROMETRY to produce the ASTROMETRY plot widget. ... First, plot the data and with Util|Ellipse and the mouse buttons interactively define an apparent ellipse to fit your data as best as you can. ... Under Util|Orbit, there is a Thiele-Innes procedure to estimate the orbital elements using your apparent ellipse and Kepler's laws! ... Back to tour page . ...

... (degrees) b2 galactic latitude (degrees) sgl supergalactic longitude (degrees) sgb supergalactic latitude (degrees) pgc PGC name *** alphabetical ** ident1 1st name (NGC,IC,UGC,ESO...) *** alphabetical ** pa position angle (N- E) in degrees typ morphological type (e.g. 'E','Sab','SBa','SO') *** alphabetical ** ring 'R' for Ring galaxies, otherwise ' ' (blank) *** alphabetical ** multiple 'M' for multiple galaxies, otherwise ' ' (blank) *** ...

... were entered in the atlas. ... In so doing lines were selected which yielded radial velocities close to the symbiotic velocity of MWC 560 (+35 km/s). ... The visible spectrum of MWC 560 is poor in absorption lines especially near the brightness maximum. In our atlas are visible only the blue-shifted components of , , NaI and FeII(42), interstellar lines NaI, a few diffuse interstellar bands (DIB) and telluric lines of and and, at length, traces of the spectra of the M giant. ...

The Network Time Protocol (NTP) is used to synchronize the time of a computer client or server to another server or reference time source, such as a radio or satellite receiver or modem. ... Information on the NTP architecture, protocol and algorithms can be found in the following articles and reports, which are available online . Mills, D.L. Internet time synchronization: the Network Time Protocol. ... Mills, D.L. Network Time Protocol (Version 3) specification, implementation and analysis. ...

... Telescope concept . ... The Submillimetron Project is dedicated to astronomical studies at the submillimeter and far infrared wavelengths using a cryogenic telescope located on the Russian segment of the International Space Station (ISS). The Astro Space Center of the Lebedev Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences is responsible for developing the Submillimetron Project. ... Currently, the Astro Space Center is carrying out a pre-Project study under contract with the Russian Space Agency. ...

... To save time, I will only provide ephemerides in 2000 coordinates. ... Note: most the orbital elements used to create these ephemerides were obtained from the International Astronomical Union Circulars (IAUCs), Minor Planet Circulars (MPCs) or the ICQ Comet Handbook. ... The following 1-day ephemeris (March 1, 1997 - October 1, 1997) is from Donald Yeomans of JPL and is based on Reference Orbit #55 (March 4, 1997). 2000 coordinates (March - September, 1997) [3/4/97] . ... Epoch: 1997 Feb. 1.0 . ...

... A document window is shown, with 8 lines (numbered 1 to 8), each 24px high. The text of the "outer" box (at the end of line 1, halfway into line 2, and halfway into line 3) is shifted upward 12px. The text of the "inner" box, thought shifted upward as well, has been relatively positioned so that it lies in its normal flow position at the end of line 2. ... The lines, as they appear in the image, contain: Start 1 Beginning of body contents. 2 of outer contents. Inner contents. ...

... Tidal influence on each of the galaxies in our sample is quantified by identifying and measuring the distance to the nearest companion, using a photometric technique with good completeness characteristics. ... Massnormalised starformation rates were derived using galaxy stellar masses estimated from zband luminosities Nearest companions were identified using the algorithm illustrated in Figure 1. ... Some of the lowredshift galaxies in our sample with close companions are illustrated in Figure 3. ...

... Telescopes ћ Binoculars ћ Microscopes . How to Select the Right Binocular . Meade Sports Optics Support . ... Most commonly, binoculars utilize either porro prisms or roof prism s for this purpose. ... Example: The Meade 8x42mm Waterproof roof prism binocular has a field of view 367 ft. wide for an object 1000 yards distant from the observer, yielding a field of view specification of 367 ft. at 1000 yds. ... Example: Meade 8x21mm Folding Roof Prism. ... Meade Binoculars Instruction Manual . ...

j8s903011_crc.fits / TARGET INFORMATION / TARGET OFFSETS (POSTARGS) EXPTIME = 1.4400000E+03 / exposure duration (seconds)--calculated TEXPTIME= 1.4400000E+03 / FILTER1 = 'F555W ' / element selected from filter wheel 1 FILTER2 = 'CLEAR2L ' / element selected from filter wheel 2 DATE-OBS= '2003-11-13' / UT date of start of observation (yyyy-mm-dd)

Pulkovo NEO Page . ... EPOS Software Package . ... EPOS ( E phemeris P rogram for O bjects of the S olar system) is the Windows PC application for study and ephemeris support of observations of the Solar system objects. ... It controls the part of common data and transfers the control to one of the programs that solve the restricted set of tasks. ... So with the EPOS software package one can calculate the accurate ephemerides for many objects and get the quick illustration of their motion as well. ...