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Wm. A. Wheaton

Canopus Columns

I generally post these between about the 20th of each month and the first of the following month, when they appear in print.

2000 Issues:

2000 July: Astronomy and Astrophysics Survey Committee
    Decadal Report
R.I.P.: NEAR IR Spectrometer
2000 June:    Bill is back
NEAR Shoemaker at Eros
MGS; BOOMERANG; Ed Stone to retire
2000 January -      
    May:
Bill still out for repairs, still no articles                                

1999 Issues:

1999 December Bill out for repairs, no article
1999 November:    Reflections on Mars Climate Orbiter
1999 October:    Progress: Chandra first images; NEAR; DS1
Skyhook dreams
1999 September:    FUSE studies the Far Ultraviolet.
Beautiful Radar Images of 1999 JM8.
1999 August: Chandra Launched at Last.
The Hazardous Asteroid 1999 AN10.
Unique Object 1998 KY26
Briefly:
DS1 flyby of 1992 KD
Lunar Prospector to be crashed on the Moon
Cassini Earth flyby
1999 July: Methane Dwarfs: A New Spectral Type (T?).
1999 June: Perils of Space: Mars Global Surveyor antenna.
MGS New science results.
Cassini/Huygens Venus and Earth flybys.
1999 May: The new Mars program.
1999 April: WIRE lost.
Deep Space 1 technology demonstrations..
HST Early revisit due to gyro problems.
1999 March: NEAR close call at Eros.
STARDUST launched.
Five new MIDEX missions selected for study.
1999 February: WIRE mission description.
1999 January: Mission Survey:
International Space Station launched.
Mars Climate Orbiter en route.
Mars Polar Lander launched.
DS1 ion drive and other technology experiments OK.    
NEAR approach to Eros.
SWAS launched.
2MASS sampler data release.

1998 Issues:

Canopus not published in December 1998.

1998 November issue

1998 October issue

1998 September issue

1998 August issue

1998 July issue

1998 June issue

1998 May issue

1998 April issue

1998 March issue

1998 February issue

Canopus not published in January 1998.

1997 issues


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