A/CC's February 2004
Major News About Minor Objects
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February 2004 Contents
Sunday, 29 February 2004
Saturday, 28 February 2004
- Cover – 153P/Ikeya-Zhang (C/2002 C1) by Sormano Observatory
- News briefs – SCN move, planetary defense, 2004 Darn Wide & tiny FMO
- Risk monitoring – NEODyS has removed 2004 DM44
Friday, 27 February 2004
Thursday, 26 February 2004
- Cover – ESA-CNES-Arianespace night photo of the Rosetta Ariane 5, ready to launch
- Comet C/1996 R3 by Maik Meyer
- News briefs – Colorado fireball yesterday, Rosetta launch scrubbed & Dawn mission news
Part 2 – 2004 DW & planetary defense
- Risk monitoring – JPL has posted 2004 DV24 & 2004 DM44
Wednesday, 25 February 2004
Tuesday, 24 February 2004
Monday, 23 February 2004
- Cover – meteorite as found by 2003-2004 ANSMET team in Antarctica, photo by Christopher Cokinos
- News briefs – Antarctic meteorites, sky show tonight, Stardust & Rosetta
Part 2 – minor object life, New York event? plus Monterey coast impact?
- Risk monitoring
Sunday, 22 February 2004
Saturday, 21 February 2004
Friday, 20 February 2004
Thursday, 19 February 2004
Wednesday, 18 February 2004
- Cover – C/2002 T7 (LINEAR) by Arnie Rosner
- News briefs – meteor news (Australian fireball & Utah bowling ball)
- Risk monitoring – JPL has posted 2004 DC plus NEODyS & JPL have removed 2004 CK39
Tuesday, 17 February 2004
- Cover – NASA/JPL images of 243 Ida & 243 (1) Dactyl
- News briefs – meteor news (Australian fireball & Utah bowling ball) & Rosetta mated to launcher
- Risk monitoring
Monday, 16 February 2004
- Cover – 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko by Martin Christoph Tschimmel & Christoph Ries at Mt. Wendelstein Observatory, composed by Herbert Raab
- Small objects – report for 9-15 February
- News briefs – Rosetta
- Risk monitoring – NEODyS has posted 2004 CK39
Sunday, 15 February 2004
- Cover – small object 2003 YH111 animation by Robert Hutsebaut
- News briefs – spacecraft computers
- Risk monitoring – JPL has removed 2004 CB & more about 2004 BG121
Part 2 –JPL has posted 2004 CK39
Saturday, 14 February 2004
- Cover – IEO 2003 CP20 by Stefano Sposetti
- News briefs – comet watching, Hubble news & Lowell DCT
- Risk monitoring – NEODyS has removed 2004 CB & radically revised its 2004 BG121 assessment
Friday, 13 February 2004
- Cover – 1998 Leonid fireball by Graziano Ventre & Enrico Colzani at Sormano Observatory
- News briefs
– new comet C/2004 C1 (Larsen), European weather site, dark skies, Rosetta news & spacecraft computers
- Risk monitoring
Part 2 – JPL has removed 2004 BG121
Tuesday, 10 February 2004
- Cover – bagging a meteorite in Antarctica, photo by Linda Martel/ANSMET
- News briefs – robotic observing, Antarctic meteorites, occultations & minor object life
- Risk monitoring
Monday, 9 February 2004
Sunday, 8 February 2004
Saturday, 7 February 2004
- Cover – 51P/Harrington split in two, by Rafael Ferrando
- News briefs – meteor show off New Zealand
- Risk monitoring – 2004 BB103, BE68 & BZ74 have been removed
Friday, 6 February 2004
- Cover – disrupted D/1999 S4 from the ESO 8.2m Antu VLT at Cerro Paranal, Chile
- News briefs – impact expedition, Comet Clipper sample return & two calendar items
part 2
– frozen commute, numberings & Stardust
- Risk monitoring – NEODyS has posted 2004 CB & JPL has removed 2004 BE68
Thursday, 5 February 2004
- Cover – disrupted D/1999 S4 from the Hubble Space Telescope
- News briefs
– Rosetta, backseat astronomy, amateur honor & new numberings
- Risk monitoring – JPL has posted 2004 CB
Wednesday, 4 February 2004
- Cover – Comet or asteroid? Sormano Observatory image of 133P/Elst-Pizarro aka 7968 Elst-Pizarro
- News briefs
– impact theory, Hubble & Rosetta
- Risk monitoring – NEODyS & JPL have removed 2004 BG86
Tuesday, 3 February 2004
Monday, 2 February 2004
- Cover – Leonid Meteor Shower by Graziano Ventre & Enrico Colzani at Sormano Observatory
- News briefs – Hayabusa & other Japanese news
- Risk monitoring – JPL has posted 2004 BB103
Sunday, 1 February 2004
- Cover – 2004 BB75 by Peter Birtwhistle
- News briefs – planetary protection (against microorganisms), remembering Columbia & new comet P/2003 WC7 (LINEAR-Catalina)
- Risk monitoring – JPL has removed 2004 BL86 & NEODyS has posted 2004 BG86