... EXPERIENCE: €а 1987-2001 were spent at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California. 1987-1991 €а Electronics Engineer, Material Analysis Group.€а Refined signal and image processing ... Science Group.€а Developed quantitative x-ray film imaging analysis techniques that allowed the characterization of low-density materials for use in the development of an X-Ray laser as part of the Strategic Defense Initiative Program.€а Developed material x-ray transport ... JANUARY 2011 ...

... Asteroid Day is thus intended to raise awareness over the threat from Earth-crossing asteroids. ... Asteroid Day . ... He is the primary creator of the orbital calculation and impact probability software used by NASA, and specifically the near-Earth object office at JPL. ... The first stage in assessing the threat of asteroids to Earth is to create a full inventory of near-Earth objects so that astronomers know whatт??s out there and can understand their orbits as carefully as possible. ...

Projectile Motion: In Aristotle's view, objects moved parallel to the Earth's surface until it was time (i.e. it was their destiny) to fall back to the earth . Aristotle believed that the "natural" state of massive objects was to seek the center of the Earth. When a stone is launched, an impetus is given to it to disturb it from its natural condition. ... Archimedes' catapults lobbed quarter-ton stones at the attacking Roman ships, quickly destroying the clumsy Roman siege engine. ...

Our Irish Ancestors Paul Francis, 2010 Page 1 Our link to Ireland comes through the Knox Family. ... Back at this time, Ireland was largely controlled by wealthy Protestant landowners, the descendants of the English and Scottish "Planters" who had invaded Ireland in the 1600s, displaced the natives and appropriated their lands, becoming fabulously wealthy in the process. ... They decided to try their luck across the Irish Sea, and in a year of terror sacked coastal monasteries all around Ireland. ...

... Up: Observatory Planning and Scheduling . ... Technological advances such as widespread use of the Internet, multi-platform visual development tools such as Java and CORBA, and overall increases in the power of desktop hardware are allowing for significant improvements in user support tools. ... In such an environment, for any type of observing to maximize scientific returns, information has to be passed back and forth between instrument developer, observatory staff and the user community. ...

The Official Publication of the Amateur Astronomers Association of Princeton Director John Miller (609) 252-1223 jmiller@princetonastronomy.org Assistant Director John Church (609) 799-0723 j ... -6981 (732)-469-7698 and (609)448-8644 ron@princetonastronomy.org editors@princetonastronomy.org Volume 37 From the Director May 2008 Number 5 How many of you made it to this year's NEAF ... Jeff Bernardis Amateur Astronomers Association of Princeton Other News.. ...