Jennifer, congratulations on your asteroid! Now we will all be able to remember you for eternity. My only question is when will you submit a visual observation? :)) [Yes I know it is very, very, very faint!:)] Clear skies and continue to enjoy GCSP, aj ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Polakis" <tpolakis@xxxxxxx> To: <AZ-Observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <evac@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, June 10, 2007 8:30 PM Subject: [AZ-Observing] Fwd: (146268) Jennipolakis Our friend Dave Healy has named one of his asteroid discoveries after Jenn! She wanted asteroid number 867-5309, but we can't wait long enough for that asteroid number to become available. ------- > Date: Sat, 09 Jun 2007 18:38:27 -0700 > From: David Healy > Jenn, > > It's official! Asteroid (146268) Jennipolakis (sorry, Dr. Marsden > insisted on the contraction) is prominently blazing away at magnitude > 22.7 in Orion. If this makes you feel insignificant, check out the URL > from JPL and run the animation--it will show just the important bodies > of the inner solar system: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Jennipolakis, Mars and > Jupiter. > > http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=146268;orb=1;cov=0#orb > > I printed out a really official ephemeris for Jennipolakis from the > Minor Planet Center. Snail-mailing it to you. > > Cheers, > > D -- See message header for info on list archives or unsubscribing, and please send personal replies to the author, not the list. -- See message header for info on list archives or unsubscribing, and please send personal replies to the author, not the list.