Space Forum / Space Science / May 2006

-> Some time ago, looking at a plot of a comet's orbit marking off what  
-> year the comet's position would be, it seemed that the spacing of the  
-> years was such that it would look to have constant angular velocity as  
-> seen from the empty focus.  IOW, say the comet's period ...

http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/SMART-1/SEMGBM9ATME_0.html
Highlands and Mare landscapes on the Moon
SMART-1
European Space Agency

http://www.jhuapl.edu/newscenter/pressreleases/2006/060524c.asp
For Immediate Release
May 24, 2006
Media Contacts

http://sci.esa.int/science-e/www/object/index.cfm?fobjectid=39291
Second Push-Broom Operations Phase
SMART-1
European Space Agency

http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Mars_Express/SEM8AD9ATME_0.html
Lava tubes on Pavonis Mons
Mars Express
European Space Agency

http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/status.html#opportunity
OPPORTUNITY UPDATE: Checking Out 'Cheyenne' and Testing Relay for
Phoenix - sol 818-824, May 23, 2006:
Opportunity is healthy and continuing to make its way toward "Victoria

http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2006/22may_beaty.htm
Hard-nosed Advice to Lunar Prospectors
NASA Science News
May 22, 2006

-> > The deviation only shows up in the *NINTH* decimal place.  This is well
-> > within the uncertainties of the measurements of the distances and
-> > periods you had to use in your calculations.
-> First, the difference in the figures above shows up in the 8th decimal

Cassini Significant Events
for 05/11/06 - 05/17/06
The most recent spacecraft telemetry was acquired Wednesday, May 17,
from

http://www.njit.edu/publicinfo/press_releases/release_876.php
New Jersey Institute of Technology Press Release
Contact : Sheryl Weinstein
Information : Public Relations

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/swift/bursts/swift_comet.html
X-Rays Fly As Cracking Comet Streaks Across the Sky
Christopher Wanjek
Goddard Space Flight Center

John Bluck                                   May 15, 2006
NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif.
Phone: 650/604-5026 or 604-9000
e-mail: jbluck@mail.arc.nasa.gov

http://stardust.jpl.nasa.gov/news/status/060512.html
Stardust Analysis Update
Dr. Donald Brownlee
Stardust Principal Investigator

http://pr.caltech.edu/media/Press_Releases/PR12851.html
Palomar Observes Broken Comet
Caltech News Release
May 12, 2006

For JPL internal use only.
http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2006/12may_craterchains.htm
In Search of Crater Chains
NASA Science News