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(meteorobs) Fwd Re: Phaeton directly imaged or spectrographed?




Well, anyone have access to any of these? *Especially*
the Astronomy & Astrophysics article entitled "Geminid
meteoroids traced to cometary activity on Phaethon", or
the PhD thesis "SEARCH FOR REMNANT COMETARY ACTIVITY IN
NEAR-EARTH PLANETESIMALS"! :)

Clear skies!
Lew


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From: Bob Donahue <donahue@omphalos.skepsis.com>
Subject: Re: (NSAAC) Fwd Re: Phaeton directly imaged or spectrographed?
To: nsaac@latrade.com
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1998 10:19:11 -0400 (EDT)

>>>Then a really *intriguing* question came up: have Phaeton's size
>>>or composition  ever been directly measured? 
>>
>>The only physical data on 3200 Phaeton were published by Wisniewski et al.
>>(Icarus 126, 395, 1997), in which a lightcurve period of 4.08 +/- 0.08 hr is
>>given. I don't think any colorimetry or spectroscopy has been published.
>>
>>Phaeton is indeed a shy creature. For the next few apparitions it reaches its
>>brightest in conjunction with the Sun, barely peeping above V = 17 mag at
>>observable solar elongations. The next bright apparition is in 2008 (V=13 mag,
>>elongation = 110 deg). You can check out observability of asteroids at one of
>>the Lowell Observatory web sites:
>>        http://asteroid.lowelldot edu/cgi-bin/koehn/obs.
>>
>>Regards...
>>Ted Bowell

	
I get 29 abstracts for asteroid 3200 Phaethon (note the second "h").
Haven't had a chance to see if there's any more information in these
articles.  Most look like astrometrics associating it with the Geminids.

Sorry for the horrible formatting, I'm in a rush to get out the
door!  (Did a quickie NSF proposal yesterday, getting a book out to
the publishers today, then I *hope* spending the next couple of months
actually [gasp] doing science!)

FYI, I'm next at the Jordan planetarium in Bangor, Sept. 14th.

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Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

Query Results from Astronomy Database

Retrieved 29 abstracts, starting with number 1. Total number selected: 29

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 Bibcode                 Score Date    Available Items
 Authors                 Title         Access Control Help
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  1996Icar..119..173C    0.767 01/1996 A  E                          R  C
 CHAMBERLIN, ALAN B.;    4015 Wilson-Harrington, 2201 Oljato, and 3200 
Phaethon: Search for CN
 MCFADDEN, LUCY-ANN;     Emission
 SCHULZ, RITA;
 SCHLEICHER, DAVID G.;
 BUS, SCHELTE J.
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  1993AVest..27..110B    0.767 08/1993 A
 BABADZHANOV, P. B.;     Unknown meteor showers of comet Machholz and of 
asteroid Phaethon
 OBRUBOV, YU. V.
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  1993MNRAS.262..231W    0.767 05/1993 A          G                  R  C
 WILLIAMS, I. P.; WU, Z. The Geminid meteor stream and asteroid 3200 Phaethon
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  1993SoSyR..26..409G    0.767 00/1993
 GORBANEV, Y. M.;        POSSIBLE METEOR SWARMS ASSOCIATED WITH THE ASTEROID 
3200 PHAETON
 KRAMER, E. N.;
 SKOBLIKOVA, L. Y.;
 SHESTAKA, I. S.
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  1992AVest..26..113G    0.767 08/1992 A
 GORBANEV, IU. M.;       Possible meteor streams associated with the minor 
planet 3200 Phaeton
 KRAMER, E. N.;
 SKOBLIKOVA, L. IA.;
 SHESTAKA, I. S.
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  1992AVest..26...85K    0.767 06/1992 A
 KRAMER, E. I.;          The Geminids and the object 3200 Phaeton
 SHESTAKA, I. S.
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  1990S&T....80Q.587.    0.767 12/1990
 N/A                     PHAETHON AND THE GEMINIDS
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  1989A&A...225..533G    0.767 11/1989 A          G                  R  C
 GUSTAFSON, B. A. S.     Geminid meteoroids traced to cometary activity on 
Phaethon
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  1989S&T....77Q.245.    0.767 03/1989
 N/A                     METEORS FROM ASTEROIDS / 3200 PHAETHON
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  1988Icar...76..279H    0.767 11/1988 A                              R  C
 HALLIDAY, IAN           Geminid fireballs and the peculiar asteroid 3200 
Phaethon
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  1986inns.iafcQ....P    0.767 10/1986 A
 PADEVET, V.; LALA, P.;  Scientific mission to asteroid Phaethon
 BUMBA, V.
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  1986EM&P...34..213D    0.767 03/1986 A
 DROBYSHEVSKI, E. M.     The structure of Phaethon and detonation of its icy 
envelope
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  1985S&T....70..317D    0.767 10/1985
 DAVIES, JOHN K.         Is 3200 Phaethon a Dead Comet?
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  1998Icar..133..221D    0.697 06/1998 A                              R
 DUMAS, C.; OWEN, T.;    Near-Infrared Spectroscopy of Low-Albedo Surfaces of 
the Solar System:
 BARUCCI, M. A.          Search for the Spectral Signature of Dark Material
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  1997DPS....29.3601C    0.697 07/1997 A
 CAMPINS, H.;            Expected Characteristics of Cometary Meteorites
 SWINDLE, T. D.
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  1997DPS....29.2203T    0.697 07/1997 A
 TEDESCO, E. F.;         MSX Observations of Asteroids
 WALKER, R. G.;
 BARKER, E. A.;
 PRICE, S. D.
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  1997IAUJD..23E..14I    0.697 00/1997 A
 IZUMI, KIYOSHI          The long variation of the Geminids meteor shower.
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  1996DPS....28.1037W    0.697 09/1996 A
 WHITELEY, R. J.;        Physical and Dynamical Studies of 1996 PW
 THOLEN, D. J.
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  1996DPS....28.1036S    0.697 09/1996 A
 SKIFF, B. A.;           Near-Earth Asteroid Physical Observations: 1993-1995
 BUIE, M. W.; BOWELL, E.
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  1996DPS....28.0825B    0.697 09/1996 A
 BELTON, MICHAEL J. S.;  DEEP IMPACT: Exploration of the Mantle-Core Interface 
Region in a
 DELAMERE, A.;           Cometary Nucleus
 REINERT, R.; BLUME, W.;
 YEOMANS, D. K.;
 KLAASEN, K. P.;
 MELOSH, H. J.;
 SCHULTZ, P. H.;
 A'HEARN, M. F.;
 MEECH, K. J.;
 SUNSHINE, J. M.;
 ALVAREZ, E.;
 VEVERKA, J.;
 MALIN, M. C.;
 KISSEL, J.
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  1995PhDT........30C    0.697 00/1995
 CHAMBERLIN, ALAN BIELER THE SEARCH FOR REMNANT COMETARY ACTIVITY IN NEAR 
-EARTH PLANETESIMALS
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  1994SciN..145...88C    0.697 00/1994
 COWEN, R.               Rocky Relics; Getting the lowdown on near-Earth 
asteroids
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  1992Metic..27..238J    0.697 07/1992 A          G                  R
 JAKES, P.; PADEVET, V.  Meteorites, Bolides and Comets: A Tale of Inconsistency
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  1992PASJ...44...45H    0.697 02/1992 A          G                  R  C
 HASEGAWA, ICHIRO;       Predictions of the meteor radiant point associated 
with an
 UEYAMA, YASUHIRO;       earth-approaching minor planet
 OHTSUKA, KATSUHITO
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  1992CeMDA..54..111B    0.697 00/1992 A
 BABADZHANOV, P. B.;     Evolution of short-period meteoroid streams
 OBRUBOV, IU. V.
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  1990Sci...247.1063G    0.697 03/1990 A                              R  C
 GREEN, D. W. E.;        The strange periodic comet Machholz
 RICKMAN, H.;
 PORTER, A. C.;
 MEECH, K. J.
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  1988NewSc.120...34M    0.697 12/1988 A
 MASON, JOHN             Asteroids, dead comets and meteor streams
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  1986plas.rept..106M    0.697 09/1986 A
 MCFADDEN, L. A.;        Planet-crossing asteroids: Interrelationships within 
the solar system
 AHEARN, M. F.
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  1986plas.rept...55S    0.697 09/1986 A
 SMITH, H. J.;           A continued program of planetary study at the 
University of Texas
 BARKER, E. S.;          McDonald Observatory
 COCHRAN, W. D.;
 TRAFTON, L. M.
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