Undated photo of mobile service towers, or gantries, at Pads 17-A and (right) 17-B at Cape Canaveral where NASA's Dawn mission will launch. The mission reports that during 28 May to 1 June, "the Dawn spacecraft was moved to the fueling area at Astrotech." Florida Today reports a launch delay (see below). Credit: NASA/Amanda Diller.
Contents on 4 June '07
- Minor-Object News -- three items
- Minor-Object Science -- one paper
- IAU Minor Planet Center
- NEOCP Activity -- two listings: 2 new
- New MPECs -- one MPEC
- Observers -- four observing facilities
- Impact Risk Monitoring -- nothing to report
- Chronology
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Minor-Object News on 4 June '07
- Book reports: Ed Grondine, whose name will be familiar to readers of the Cambridge Correspondence Network (CCNet), writes to advise that his book, "Man and Impact in the Americas, which is the first survey of the effects of comet and asteroid impacts on the first peoples in the Americas, is available through Amazon.com," where it sells for $34.95. It is also available from Crow Clan Jewelry for $25.00. (There may be shipping fees from either source.)
The Space Review posted a review today of Peter Bond's book, Distant Worlds, which is described as "a good review of our (more-or-less) current understanding of the solar system, particularly for those people not terribly familiar with anything more than the basics." See also the book publisher's April 26th news release at EurekAlert. In today's review, there is also mention of Peter A. Weintraub's, Is Pluto a Planet, billed as "a historical journey through the Solar System." See The Space Review's April 30th report for more about that book. - "NASA to enter new Dawn in probing space's origins," Pasadena Star-News 4 June - Quote: "Once Dawn does reach space, it will begin its spiraling journey, looping around the sun in three ever-widening circles. The first circle will take it past Mars, the second to the asteroid Vesta and the third to Ceres."
- "Pad 17A crane to be fixed mid-week," Florida Today 4 June - Quote: "Preparations ... are expected to resume mid-week, when a broken crane is expected to be repaired... The crane broke Wednesday, and apparently will cause at least a week's delay in the scheduled June 30 launch."
Minor-Object Science on 4 June '07
- "Gemini Observations of Disks and Jets in Young Stellar Objects and in Active Galaxies" by McGregor, Peter with Michael Dopita, Ralph Sutherland & 2 others, abstract & PDF at arXiv.org 4 June - Quote: "In the T-Tauri stars HV Tau C and DG Tau we see highly-collimated bipolar outflows in the [Fe II] 1.644 micron line, surrounded by a slower molecular bipolar outflow seen in the H_2 lines."
NEOCP Activity on 4 June '07
The MPC's NEO Confirmation Page has 2 listings: 2 new
When last checked at 2358 UTC today, the Minor Planet Center's NEO discovery Confirmation Page (NEOCP) had two new listings. Both of these were "one nighters." This listing info is unchanged since when checked at 0106 UTC on today.
New MPECs on 4 June '07
Minor Planet Electronic Circulars
There was one MPEC issued this day from the International Astronomical Union's Minor Planet Center in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
<< DOU on 4 June '07 >> MPEC 2007-L07 - "06:09 UT" - Daily Orbit Update
- Observations of almost-small asteroids (21.7<H<=22.0)
- K04K17H 2004 KH17 (q=0.357 AU, arc=2 opp, H=22.0 ~135m) from Remanzacco Obs. (June 3.93-94p3)
- Observations of other objects
- K07J35J 2007 JJ35 (i=56.1°, arc=21 days, H=18.5 ~676m) from Petit Jean Mtn. South Obs. (PJMSO) (June 4.16-17p5)
- K07F42V 2007 FV42 (arc=76 days, H=17.8 ~933m) from Peschiera del Garda Obs. (May 19.95-98p3 & June 3.93-94p4)
- K07D83B 2007 DB83 (arc=3 opp, H=18.3 ~741m) from PJMSO (June 4.13-14p6)
- K06WC9E 2006 WE129 (i=39.5°, arc=189 days, H=19.7 ~389m) from PJMSO (June 4.14-15p6)
- K06K89E 2006 KE89 (i=45.1°, q=0.211 AU, arc=3 opp, H=16.5 ~1.70 km) from Peschiera del Garda Obs. (May 21.89-92p4)
- K05A13D 2005 AD13 (arc=2 opp, H=17.9 ~891m) from Mataro Obs. (June 2.96p3) and Peschiera del Garda Obs. (June 3.96-97p5)
- K02K04F 2002 KF4 (i=37.2°, Q=4.571 AU, arc=3 opp, H=17.2 ~1.23 km) from Peschiera del Garda Obs. (May 17.94-96p4)
- J98U01L 1998 UL1 (i=42.0°, arc=5 opp, H=16.6 ~1.62 km) from PJMSO (June 4.13p6)
- E5656 145656 4788 P-L from PJMSO (June 4.17-18p5)
- 86829 86829 2000 GR146 from PJMSO (June 4.18-19p5)
- 40267 40267 1999 GJ4 from PJMSO (June 4.15-16p5)
Observers on 4 June '07
Four observing facilities appeared in this day's MPECs.
| A06 | Mataro Obs. in Spain, 1 in MPEC 2007-L07 -- 2005 AD13 |
| A53 | Peschiera del Garda Obs. in Italy, 4 in MPEC 2007-L07 -- 2007 FV42, 2006 KE89, 2005 AD13, 2002 KF4 |
| H45 | Petit Jean Mtn. South Obs. in Arkansas, 7 in MPEC 2007-L07 -- 2007 JJ35, 2007 DB83, 2006 WE129, 1998 UL1, 145656, 86829, 40267 |
| 473 | Remanzacco Obs. in Italy, 1 in MPEC 2007-L07 -- 2004 KH17 |
Chronology on 4 June '07
Times are UTC for when the items were noted by Major News.
| 1833 | Added news report, "Book reports" Added link to news story, "Pad 17A crane to be fixed mid-week" Added link to news story, "NASA to enter new Dawn in probing space's origins" |
| 1444 | Added MOS paper, "Gemini Observations of Disks and Jets in Young Stellar Objects and in Active Galaxies" - see above |
| 1443 | Grabbed MPEC 2007-L07 - Daily Orbit Update - see above |
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