AUGUST 14, 8;04 PDT [KENT]
The data including NeoDys objects list is confusing the hell out of me!
http://newton.dm.unipi.it/cgi-bin/neodys/neoibo?objects:2002NY40;main
Today, 8/14, they say:
a (AU) 2.0394 0.0004726 [what is this? Yesterday 8/13, was at .0006509 AU]
If you click on minimum earth distance
http://newton.dm.unipi.it/cgi-bin/neodys/neoibo?objects:2002NY40;statpts;gif
you get:
315.209 224.297 0.00316467 MINIMUM
43.5086 41.2896 0.00615356 MINIMUM
Meanwhile we have the java at astro arts
http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/db?name=2002+NY40
[NeoDys sux, what kinda turpentine are they drinking? Figures merely at odds by a multiple of ten!] They are now on my poop-list along with preachers, politicians and lawyers.
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OVER AT TimeBomb 2000 we have:
08-13-2002 06:49 PM
**Minimum distance is now .0006509 AU or about 1/4 the distance to the moon, based upon 515 observations and 7 discards.
http://newton.dm.unipi.it/cgi-bin/neodys/neoibo?objects:2002NY40;main
This has changed from a minimum of approximately lunar distance a week or so ago and there only five more days for revisions.
Break out the tin hats ... This could get interesting**.
08-14-2002 12:27 PM
Reset Panic Mode ... Everyone can go back to sleep. :-)
0.0035223 Nominal
0.0035213 Minimum
Both about 330,000 miles or ~ 1.3 x lunar distance
http://newton.dm.unipi.it/cgi-bin/neodys/neoibo?objects:2002NY40;main
( Look 2/3 of way down for 2002/08/18 )
602 Observations
7 discarded
It looks to me like they may have made a mistake yesterday on the calculations. I think they owe us a big ´Ooops ... Sorry´**
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