Hi All, I'm sure Sterling is well aware of this, but it's worth pointing out to the masses that 2011 MD wasn't "late". People are simply guilty of blindly believing their favorite piece of software, apparently ignorant of the limitations of non-integrating propagation. When an asteroid is well within the sphere of influence of the earth, it is hardly appropriate to use a program that's based on Kepler's two-body equations... --Rob
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Sterling K. Webb Sent: Monday, June 27, 2011 6:37 PM To: Meteorite List Subject: [meteorite-list] Asteroid 2011MD Bye-bye Video of 2011MD against background stars: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OUjbA21jjsc The pass was at 7600 miles (instead of the predicted 7500 miles) and it was 3.5 hours late from the predicted time. Mr. Newton could not be reached for comment. Sterling K. Webb ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
