Small Bodies Node

NASA's Planetary Data System Small Bodies Node archives comet, asteroid, and dust data at its subnodes located at the Univ. of MD and Planetary Sci. Institute.

[Planetary Science Institute (PSI) @planetarysci]

https://t.co/HeICPfWy8y
NASA’s Psyche spacecraft is on its way to exploring the origin of planetary cores by studying the metallic asteroid 16 Psyche, one of the most intriguing targets in the main asteroid belt. @KVOA

[Small Bodies Node @SBNarchive]

It's Giving Day here at UMD!

Astronomy - Mike A'Hearn Endowed Lectureship
https://t.co/ilb2IX2PyX

#GivingDayUMD #ScienceTerps

[NASA @NASA]

Asteroids, comets, meteorites—what’s the difference? This list from @NASASolarSystem will help you tell these small bodies apart. Let’s (space) rock: https://t.co/EH9BG2d34U

[Elizabeth Warner @adastragrl]

Only ~ 8 hours left in Giving Day!
Even small gifts can have a huge impact on our astronomy community. This #GivingDayUMD, give to
+ A'Hearn https://t.co/1nnhxNebs4
+ Gehrels https://t.co/DGyNSzUamL
+ Obs Fund https://t.co/jjoNEv9RVU
to support young #ScienceTerps!

[Elizabeth Warner @adastragrl]

Let’s come together for Science Terps.
+Mike A'Hearn Endowed Lectureship
https://t.co/1nnhxNeJhC
+Neil Gehrels Memorial Endowment in Astrophysics
https://t.co/DGyNSzUIcj
+Astronomy Observatory Gift Fund
https://t.co/jjoNEvapLs
#ScienceTerps

[Small Bodies Node @SBNarchive]

Are you at #DPS2021 and have some time to kill between sessions? Don't miss the opportunity to vote up your favorite entry in the PDS Poetry Contest on our meeting Slack channel https://t.co/LH4bk8hBxt.

[Beth Johnson 🔭☄️🌋🏳️‍🌈 @planetarypan]

I wrote a limerick for #DPS2021 and the @NASA Planetary Data System chat...

On Io volcanoes are firing
You’d think this would be rather tiring
What will Juno see?
Perchance our Loki.
I would find that rather inspiring.

cc: @LokiVolcano

[Small Bodies Node @SBNarchive]

Trying to figure out how to graphically show what we do... (working on display for booth at upcoming meeting).

[Small Bodies Node @SBNarchive]

@gblasco78 I'll forward to the developers...

[Small Bodies Node @SBNarchive]

NEW TOOL FOR SMALL-BODIES SEARCH
SBN announces beta rel. of Comet Asteroid Telescopic Catalog Hub (CATCH), a gui service for searching SBN, & other survey, archives for sm. bodies. CATCH also has an API interface to facilitate auto. searches by obj. name.
https://t.co/lV4ZNfT7qU

[Small Bodies Node @SBNarchive]

Cool new tool from @Yeqzids to search Asteroid Names/Citations posted in the Minor Planet Center Annex at https://t.co/ZabwR0wgXu

[Small Bodies Node @SBNarchive]

TODAY is Giving Day and we need your help! #GivingDayUMD

Mike A'Hearn Endowed Lectureship
https://t.co/RAXXI0Ie86

Thank you for your support today and every day!

[UMD Science @UMDscience]

#GivingDayUMD is here! Last year @UMDscience raised over $42,000. Support a bright new generation of #ScienceTerps with #FearlessIdeas! Donate now at https://t.co/96FW3FAHmC.

[Elizabeth Warner @adastragrl]

#GivingDayUMD Here are the two we hope you'll help us with:

Justin DeSha-Overcash Summer Research Award
https://t.co/9jA5t66rry

Astronomy Observatory Gift Fund
https://t.co/EqyiYuKMS4

Thank you!!

[UMD Observatory @UM_Obs]

@UMDAstronomy facstaff: Now's the time to donate!

Between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m., the unit w/ the most faculty/staff donors will win an additional $2,000! Thx for your help!

https://t.co/BQpeIErenk

#GivingDayUMD

[UMD Observatory @UM_Obs]

Compilation of vids from 6 cameras (3 stations) with the last three coming from cams6, 2, & 3 here at UMD Obs. Videos are of fireball from Sun 31 Mar 2019 11:42pm EDT. https://t.co/Of0fnO2zUk Camera built by Mike Hankey, AMS and https://t.co/NlTtzSJiCt
@UMDAstronomy @UMDscience

[Colin Snodgrass @colinsnodgrass]

This will very likely become the best cited April 1st arXiv paper...

[Northolt Branch Obs @NBObservatories]

Periodic comet 21P/Giacobini-Zinner, 89 days before perihelion.
This a near Earth comet of the Jupiter family. Its nucleus has an estimated diameter of 2 km. 21P will come within 0.39 AU from Earth on September 10th. It is expected to reach magnitude +7.

[Small Bodies Node @SBNarchive]

Sitting in on the SBAG meeting being held in College Park today and tomorrow. Follow along at https://t.co/1pzlmh0IAy

[Small Bodies Node @SBNarchive]

Excited to join @datacite and hearing from Britta about how we will be incorporating DOIs on our amazing asteroid, comet, and dust data.

[Small Bodies Node @SBNarchive]

During the @theAGU #AGU17 meeting (11-15 Dec), NASA PDS will hold PDS4 training sessions targeting R&A proposers and grantees. The sessions, lasting about 1.5 hours, will be held at the PDS booth several times every day.

[ESA ESDC @ESAesdc]

Learn how to easily query for science-ready images and catalogues in #ESASky with astroquery @astropy... https://t.co/o5VplTairr