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originally posted by: Phage
a reply to: Deaf Alien
Not very well.
I don't mean that I don't understand it very well. I mean that it doesn't work very well. Otherwise a lot more people would win. I think.
originally posted by: Phage
a reply to: Deaf Alien
It's an interesting question.
I think that there are enough "amateur" astronomers out there that it couldn't be kept a secret. For long.
originally posted by: Phage
a reply to: Deaf Alien
Which government?
In total, 586 astrometric and almost as many photometric observations were performed by 27 amateur and professional observers in less than 19 hours and reported to the Minor Planet Center, which in eleven hours issued 25 Minor Planet Electronic Circulars with new orbit solutions as observations poured in.