RE: First good data on diameters of the biggest Kuiper Belt objects

2002-10-09 Thread James McEnanly
of unimaginative…   - John from Cambridge   -Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of James McEnanlySent: Tuesday, October 08, 2002 6:45 PMTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Subject: Re: First good data on diameters of the biggest Kuiper Belt objects   You're r

Re: First good data on diameters of the biggest Kuiper Belt objects

2002-10-08 Thread Bruce Moomaw
- Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, October 08, 2002 4:10 PM Subject: Re: First good data on diameters of the biggest Kuiper Belt objects Anybody for a bit of Wagner, to go with their mead? __ This just proves that one man&#

Re: First good data on diameters of the biggest Kuiper Belt objects

2002-10-08 Thread JHByrne
In a message dated 10/8/2002 2:46:51 PM Alaskan Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: By the way, judging from Quaoar and Varuna, the names of the KBOs are finally going to start honoring other human mythologies besides the Greek -- and about time, too. Hailing from a largely Nordic backgroun

RE: First good data on diameters of the biggest Kuiper Belt objects

2002-10-08 Thread John Sheff
PROTECTED] Subject: Re: First good data on diameters of the biggest Kuiper Belt objects   You're right. The Greco-Roman Pantheon is just about exhausted. I am wondering what we are going to do when we get serious about naming extrasolar planets.  Bruce Moomaw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote

Re: First good data on diameters of the biggest Kuiper Belt objects

2002-10-08 Thread James McEnanly
You're right. The Greco-Roman Pantheon is just about exhausted. I am wondering what we are going to do when we get serious about naming extrasolar planets.  Bruce Moomaw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=9446This is a measurement using the technique -- whose acc

Re: First good data on diameters of the biggest Kuiper Belt objects

2002-10-08 Thread Bruce Moomaw
- Original Message - From: "Bruce Moomaw" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "Jupiter List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Europa Icepick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Simon Mansfield" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday,

First good data on diameters of the biggest Kuiper Belt objects

2002-10-08 Thread Bruce Moomaw
http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=9446 This is a measurement using the technique -- whose accuracy has already been proven on other outer Solar System objects -- of measuring their thermal radiation, a technique not falsely biased by any assumptions about their albedos. (Also, the me