[meteorite-list] Asteroid 2011MD Bye-bye

From: Walter Branch <waltbranch_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2011 21:50:41 -0400
Message-ID: <108028D1-CA76-4F8D-82B5-5EC621D152E4_at_bellsouth.net>

Dang Rob.

Little wonder there is a minor planet named after you.

I think that should be upgraded to at least a dwarf planet.

-Walter Branch

Not everything that can be counted, counts and not everything that counts can be counted. -A. Einstein.

On Jun 28, 2011, at 12:52 AM, "Sterling K. Webb" <sterling_k_webb at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> Whoops! Actually, I was the "late" one. The orbital
> elements for 2011 MD were updated several days
> ago.
> http://www.projectpluto.com/2011md.htm
>
> The closest approach was re-calculated for not
> 13:30 UTC but 17:00 UTC and the point of closest
> approach projected on the Earth shifted by some
> 50 degrees...
>
> I missed the update and so did at least one news
> outlet (The Mail & Telegraph, UK) who reported it
> "late." The shame of it -- to do no better than a
> newspaper!
>
>
> Sterling K. Webb
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Matson, Robert D." <ROBERT.D.MATSON at saic.com>
> To: "Meteorite List" <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> Sent: Monday, June 27, 2011 8:59 PM
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Asteroid 2011MD Bye-bye
>
>
>> 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: meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com
>> [mailto:meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com] 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
>>
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Received on Tue 28 Jun 2011 09:50:41 PM PDT