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Surveys, Astrometric Follow-up & Population Statistics
Asteroid surveys are the backbone of asteroid science, and with this in mind
we begin with a broad review of the impact of asteroid surveys on our field. We
then provide a brief history of asteroid discoveries so as to place
contemporary and future surveys in perspective. Surveys in the United States
have discovered the vast majority of the asteroids and this dominance has been
consolidated since the publication of Asteroids III. Our descriptions of the
asteroid surveys that have been operational since that time are focussed upon
those that have contributed the vast majority of asteroid observations and
discoveries. We also provide some insight into upcoming next-generation surveys
that are sure to alter our understanding of the small bodies in the inner solar
system and provide evidence to untangle their complicated dynamical and
physical histories. The Minor Planet Center, the nerve center of the asteroid
discovery effort, has improved its operations significantly in the past decade
so that it can manage the increasing discovery rate, and ensure that it is
well-placed to handle the data rates expected in the next decade. We also
consider the difficulties associated with astrometric follow-up of newly
identified objects. It seems clear that both of these efforts must operate in
new modes in order to keep pace with expected discovery rates of
next-generation ground- and space-based surveys.Comment: Chapter to appear in the book ASTEROIDS IV, (University of Arizona
Press) Space Science Series, edited by P. Michel, F. DeMeo and W. Bottk
Spartan Daily, October 27, 1937
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The Sword, October 1986
Volume 22, Issue 1, published October 31, 1986. This issue of The Sword is from the 1986-1987 academic year
Emerging from the MIST: A Connector Tool for Supporting Programming by Non-programmers
Software development is an iterative process. As user re-quirements emerge software applications must be extended to support the new requirements. Typically, a programmer will add new code to an existing code base of an application to provide a new functionality. Previous research has shown that such extensions are easier when application logic is clearly separated from the user interface logic. Assuming that a programmer is already familiar with the existing code base, the task of writing the new code can be considered to be split into two sub-tasks: writing code for the application logic; that is, the actual functionality of the application; and writing code for the user interface that will expose the functionality to the end user.
The goal of this research is to reduce the effort required to create a user interface once the application logic has been created, toward supporting scientists with minimal pro-gramming knowledge to be able to create and modify pro-grams. Using a Model View Controller based architecture, various model components which contain the application logic can be built and extended. The process of creating and extending the views (user interfaces) on these model components is simplified through the use of our Malleable Interactive Software Toolkit (MIST), a tool set an infrastructure intended to simplify the design and extension of dynamically reconfigurable interfaces.
This paper focuses on one tool in the MIST suite, a connec-tor tool that enables the programmer to evolve the user interface as the application logic evolves by connecting related pieces of code together; either through simple drag-and-drop interactions or through the authoring of Python code. The connector tool exemplifies the types of tools in the MIST suite, which we expect will encourage collabora-tive development of applications by allowing users to inte-grate various components and minimizing the cost of de-veloping new user interfaces for the combined compo-nents
Geology in Michigan
This is the homepage of the Michigan Office of Geological Survey (OGS). Users can access a variety of materials on Michigan geology, mineral resources, and environmental issues. The Digital Geology Library is a downloadable document containing live links to hundreds of reports, summaries, and other publications and educational resources on general geology topics. Users can save this document and access these items without having to visit the website each time. There is also a similar document for teachers and students that features links to a large selection of Powerpoint presentations, activities, posters and other grapics such as a geologic time lines, and a document featuring links to a selection of state geologic maps. Educational levels: Intermediate elementary, Middle school, High school, Undergraduate lower division, Undergraduate upper division, Graduate or professional
Poets versus novelists in Australia, 1949-1960 : Frank Hardy and James McAuley
Contains an essay that partly deals with trials, cases and legislative processes some novelists, poets and publishing houses experienced, showing the lengths to which the establishment would use legal processes to prevent any challenge to accepted ideas. Considered is the trial of the Australian novelist Frank Hardy on a charge of obscene libel in his novel Power Without Glory, the same charge of which Robert Close in his novel Love me Sailor had been found guilty. This is accompanied with the literature review of Frank Hardy’s work and that of the Australian poet James McAuley
1936, October 16, Friday
The Booster, Vol. XV, no. 11. Printed in Pittsburg, Kansas
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