- An Introduction to Gravity in the Solar System
October 25, 2005, U.S. Naval Observatory
HTML: talk slides HTML: handout PDF: handout (4.7 MB)
NOTE: At the moment, the links below this point are empty, as I don't have enough
disk space available on alpheratz.net to contain all the talks. These will
be streamlined and brought back online. Sorry for the inconvenience.
- Dynamical Chaos: A short introduction with solar system applications
July 2, 2002, U.S. Naval Observatory, Science and Engineering Apprenticeship Program program
HTML - Things You can Learn about the Sun
June 26, 2001, U.S. Naval Observatory, Science and Engineering Apprenticeship Program program
HTML/Java PDF (13 MB) - Lower Bounds on Astrometric Errors from a Spinning, Precessing Astrometric
Satellite due to the Geometry of the Observation Scanning Pattern
April 23, 2001, 32nd annual meeting of the AAS Division on Dynamical Astronomy, Lunar and Planetary Institute
HTML/Java PDF (1.9 MB) - Consequences of Measuring Stellar Positions at the 50 Microarcsecond Level
February 26, 2001, O.M. Stewart Colloquium, University of Missouri at Columbia
HTML/Java PDF (2.7 MB) - FAME Observing Geometry and Mission Astrometric Errors
December 20, 2000, U.S. Naval Observatory
HTML/Java PDF (1.4 MB) - Asteroid Noise in the Motions of the Inner Planets: Preliminary Results
This is a superset of a talk given on April 10, 2000, at the 31st annual meeting of the AAS Division on Dynamical Astronomy, Yosemite National Park, California
HTML/Java (6 MB!) PDF (7.8 MB) (PDF recommended) - A Dynamical Survey of Inner Solar System Asteroids
Novermber 17, 1999, St. Mary's College
HTML/Java PDF (17 MB — sorry, lots of images) - Some (and Only Some!) Aspects of FAME Data Analysis
November 11, 1999, U.S. Naval Observatory
HTML/Java PDF (1826 kB) - On Computer Algebra Generation of Symplectic Integrator Methods
April 30, 1999, 30th annual meeting of the AAS Division on Dynamical Astronomy, Estes Park, Colorado
HTML/Java PDF (464 kB) - Modeling Planetary Motions: Why We Care and How We Do It
March 5, 1999, NAO Sesquicentennial Year Symposium, U.S. Naval Observatory
HTML/Java PDF (159 kB) - Trans-Neptunian Objects: A Brief Review
November 18, 1998, U.S. Naval Observatory
HTML/Java PDF (934 kB) - Newton: A New Solar System Dynamics Tool
October 14, 1998, U.S. Naval Observatory
HTML/Java PDF (2,029 kB) - Computer Algebra at Work
July 21, 1998, U.S. Naval Observatory
HTML/Java PDF (605 kB) - A Dynamical Survey of Inner Solar System Asteroids: Preliminary Results
July 6-11, 1998, IAU Colloquium 172, Namur, Belgium
HTML/Java PDF (395 kB)
There is also available a separate, two-page summary of this work:
HTML/Java PDF (645k) ADS Abstract - Harnessing Radiation Torques to Drive the Precession of a Spin-Stabilized Spacecraft
April 3, 1998, 29th annual meeting of the AAS Division on Dynamical Astronomy, Charlottesvile, Virginia
HTML/Java PDF (1,151 kB) - Trans-Neptunian Dynamics: An Extremely Brief Review
March 26, 1998 WAA meeting, USNO
HTML/Java PDF (683 kB) - Object-Oriented Micro-Review
April 28, 1997, U.S. Naval Observatory
HTML/Java PDF (272 kB) - A Quick Beginner's Guide to HTML
August 28, 1997, U.S. Naval Observatory
HTML/Java PDF (1.3 MB) - Asteroids
July 31, 1996, U.S. Naval Observatory
HTML/Java PDF (3.6 MB) - Resonance Overlap and the Applicability of the Lyapunov Exponent Relation
June, 1996, American Astronomical Society meeting, Madison, WI
HTML/Java PDF (1.6 MB) - The Lyapunov Exponent Relation in the Outer Asteroid Belt
June 5, 1996, U.S. Naval Observatory
HTML/Java PDF (2.4 MB) - FAME Science
February 14, 1996, U.S. Naval Observatory
HTML/Java PDF (96 kB)