
I am a Planetary Scientist at the University of Arizona. I study asteroids (especially Near-Earth Asteroids, the ones which might hit Earth again someday) and comets. My research interests besides discovery of asteroids and comets is in the behavior of comets and the dynamics of bodies in the solar system, particularly the outer solar system (Centaur (planetoid), comets, and Trans-Neptunian objects). As a scientist, I am also a skeptic and find pseudoscientific nonsense offensive. I have created my own moonlanding hoax debunking page for example and do not take the wild claims of the hoaxers lightly. I have studied all aspects of the Apollo program including the science done on the Moon and how the spacecraft were built and flown. The nitty-gritty details are most fascinating to me - the hows and whys of the spacecraft especially. I also have an interest in 3D photography and there are a lot of images taken on the moon that allow the generation of 3D anaglyph images. I am also interested in space art (member IAAA), photography, computers, geocaching, hiking, golf, softball, astronomy, flight simulation and many more areas..... If you've heard of me before, it may be because I have discovered a lot of Near-Earth asteroids, serveral of which have made close approaches to Earth or will in the future. The most well known of those is 1997 XF11 which I discovered in December 1997 and in March of 1998, it was predicted to make a close approach to Earth in October 2028 which briefly was thought to have a decent chance of an impact. It made the national news and kept me busy for a day or two before observations from 1990 were found and the orbit improved, proving that an impact would not happen in 2028. I also held the record from December 1994 until the fall of 2003 for having discovered the object which had the closest observed approach to Earth (105,000 kilometers for 1994 XM1) outside of the atmosphere. One other claim to fame was that I was lucky enough to be observing the night that Carolyn Shoemaker along with her husband Eugene Shoemaker and David Levy discovered comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 which impacted Jupiter in July 1994. They called me from Mt. Palomar while I was at the Spacewatch telescope on Kitt Peak in order to arrange to try and confirm the object which I did on 1993 March 26. Here are a few links to my webpages. *[http://www.lpl.arizona.edu/~jscotti My main page] *[http://pirlwww.lpl.arizona.edu/~jscotti/links.html My links page] *[http://pirlwww.lpl.arizona.edu/~jscotti/apollo.html My Apollo page] *[http://pirlwww.lpl.arizona.edu/~jscotti/gps.html My GPS page]
[http://www.findarticles.com/cf_dls/m1511/2_21/59164984/p4/article.jhtml?term= Discover magazine, February 2000] 1997 XF11, or should I say (35396) 1997 XF11... any plans to finally name it, or will it be a "1992 QB1" forever? By the way I'm doing very brief bios of asteroid discoverers (see the subpages of List of asteroids such as List of asteroids/1-100 etc). I'm working on the historical ones first, should get to you at some point. Any biographical info you wish to supply (less detailed than a résumé, more like just the major discoveries and career and life highlights)? Also, any details like what various Arizona folks' middle initals stand for (helps with disambiguation for articles). User:Curps 20:05, 29 Apr 2004 (UTC) I don't have any specific plans to name (35396) 1997 XF11 at this time. I've gotten plenty of suggestions, but none of them have fit. To date, Spacewatch has not named any of our NEAs. We have discussed a couple of possible naming conventions, but we have not decided on any yet. Since it is a numbered asteroid, one should use the number in parenthesis as you have above - and that should be true of any numbered asteroid, whether it is (1) 1 Ceres, (20000) 20000 Varuna, or an un-named asteroid like 1997 XF11. As for biographical info, my full name is James Vernon Scotti. I was born in Bandon Oregon, USA in 1960. I graduated from Woodway Senior High in Edmonds Washington in 1978 and recieved a B.S. in Astronomy from the University of Arizona in Tucson in 1983. I have worked on the Spacewatch project ever since, writing the first automatic asteroid detection software for the project in 1984. I have recovered 63 comets starting in 1985 and confirmed the discovery of D/1993 F2 (Shoemaker-Levy) - also known as P/Shoemaker-Levy 9 which impacted Jupiter in July 1994. I've discovered many Near-Earth Asteroids including (35396) 1997 XF11. My research interests include the origin of comets, the dynamical evolution of comets and asteroids, the Near-Earth Asteroids, and the outer solar system. Asteroid (3594) Scotti is named for me. User:Jscotti 18:05, 3 Jun 2004 (UTC) :OK James Scotti is created, thanks. :Any bio info on Robert S. McMillan, by the way? That's very much a stub page. :Regarding the use of parentheses, it seems to be sort of a Wikipedia convention to just use 1 Ceres instead of (1) 1 Ceres. This predates my involvement with Wikipedia, and it seems like a great deal of work to change it everywhere. I notice that some sites like http://www.hohmanntransfer.com/news.htm are likewise lazy and don't use parentheses. User:Curps 19:00, 3 Jun 2004 (UTC)
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I am a Planetary Scientist at the University of Arizona. I study asteroids (especially Near-Earth Asteroids, the ones which might hit Earth again someday) and comets. My research interests besides discovery of asteroids and comets is in the behavior of comets and the dynamics of bodies in the solar system, particularly the outer solar system (Centaur (planetoid), comets, and Trans-Neptunian objects). As a scientist, I am also a skeptic and find pseudoscientific nonsense offensive. I have created my own moonlanding hoax debunking page for example and do not take the wild claims of the hoaxers lightly. I have studied all aspects of the Apollo program including the science done on the Moon and how the spacecraft were built and flown. The nitty-gritty details are most fascinating to me - the hows and whys of the spacecraft especially. I also have an interest in 3D photography and there are a lot of images taken on the moon that allow the generation of 3D anaglyph images. I am also interested in space art (member IAAA), photography, computers, geocaching, hiking, golf, softball, astronomy, flight simulation and many more areas..... If you've heard of me before, it may be because I have discovered a lot of Near-Earth asteroids, serveral of which have made close approaches to Earth or will in the future. The most well known of those is 1997 XF11 which I discovered in December 1997 and in March of 1998, it was predicted to make a close approach to Earth in October 2028 which briefly was thought to have a decent chance of an impact. It made the national news and kept me busy for a day or two before observations from 1990 were found and the orbit improved, proving that an impact would not happen in 2028. I also held the record from December 1994 until the fall of 2003 for having discovered the object which had the closest observed approach to Earth (105,000 kilometers for 1994 XM1) outside of the atmosphere. One other claim to fame was that I was lucky enough to be observing the night that Carolyn Shoemaker along with her husband Eugene Shoemaker and David Levy discovered comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 which impacted Jupiter in July 1994. They called me from Mt. Palomar while I was at the Spacewatch telescope on Kitt Peak in order to arrange to try and confirm the object which I did on 1993 March 26. Here are a few links to my webpages. *[http://www.lpl.arizona.edu/~jscotti My main page] *[http://pirlwww.lpl.arizona.edu/~jscotti/links.html My links page] *[http://pirlwww.lpl.arizona.edu/~jscotti/apollo.html My Apollo page] *[http://pirlwww.lpl.arizona.edu/~jscotti/gps.html My GPS page]
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[http://www.findarticles.com/cf_dls/m1511/2_21/59164984/p4/article.jhtml?term= Discover magazine, February 2000] 1997 XF11, or should I say (35396) 1997 XF11... any plans to finally name it, or will it be a "1992 QB1" forever? By the way I'm doing very brief bios of asteroid discoverers (see the subpages of List of asteroids such as List of asteroids/1-100 etc). I'm working on the historical ones first, should get to you at some point. Any biographical info you wish to supply (less detailed than a résumé, more like just the major discoveries and career and life highlights)? Also, any details like what various Arizona folks' middle initals stand for (helps with disambiguation for articles). User:Curps 20:05, 29 Apr 2004 (UTC) I don't have any specific plans to name (35396) 1997 XF11 at this time. I've gotten plenty of suggestions, but none of them have fit. To date, Spacewatch has not named any of our NEAs. We have discussed a couple of possible naming conventions, but we have not decided on any yet. Since it is a numbered asteroid, one should use the number in parenthesis as you have above - and that should be true of any numbered asteroid, whether it is (1) 1 Ceres, (20000) 20000 Varuna, or an un-named asteroid like 1997 XF11. As for biographical info, my full name is James Vernon Scotti. I was born in Bandon Oregon, USA in 1960. I graduated from Woodway Senior High in Edmonds Washington in 1978 and recieved a B.S. in Astronomy from the University of Arizona in Tucson in 1983. I have worked on the Spacewatch project ever since, writing the first automatic asteroid detection software for the project in 1984. I have recovered 63 comets starting in 1985 and confirmed the discovery of D/1993 F2 (Shoemaker-Levy) - also known as P/Shoemaker-Levy 9 which impacted Jupiter in July 1994. I've discovered many Near-Earth Asteroids including (35396) 1997 XF11. My research interests include the origin of comets, the dynamical evolution of comets and asteroids, the Near-Earth Asteroids, and the outer solar system. Asteroid (3594) Scotti is named for me. User:Jscotti 18:05, 3 Jun 2004 (UTC) :OK James Scotti is created, thanks. :Any bio info on Robert S. McMillan, by the way? That's very much a stub page. :Regarding the use of parentheses, it seems to be sort of a Wikipedia convention to just use 1 Ceres instead of (1) 1 Ceres. This predates my involvement with Wikipedia, and it seems like a great deal of work to change it everywhere. I notice that some sites like http://www.hohmanntransfer.com/news.htm are likewise lazy and don't use parentheses. User:Curps 19:00, 3 Jun 2004 (UTC)
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