Honour for Dave McDonald

Many congrats Dave, Well deserved

Congratulations Dave - your very own little bit of the Heavens!



Object name: 21782 1999 RV239
Magnitude: 20.8
Equatorial: RA: 05h 58m 36s Dec: +21°19'46"(current)
Equatorial 2000: RA: 05h 58m 06s Dec: +21°19'37"
Horizon: Azim: 139°34'09" Alt: +52°46'31"
Visibility: Rise 11:06, Set 03:30
Transit time: 19:16
Sun distance (au): 2.69
Hour angle: -01h 39m 38s
Air mass: 1.26
RA rate (arcsecs/sec): 0.0058
Dec rate (arcsecs/sec): 0.0014
Minor planet epoch month: 3.0000
Minor planet epoch day: 8.0000
Minor planet epoch year: 2008.0000
Minor planet mean anomoly: 192.4759
Minor planet eccentricity: 0.1486
Minor planet semi-major axis: 2.3508
Minor planet inclination: 5.3406
Heliocentric: l: 01°56'00"b: 00°01'54"r: 2.6937
Heliocentric longitude: 01°56'00"
Heliocentric latitude: 00°01'54"
Celestial type: 39
Index: 21781


WooHoo!!!

Phil.

Congratulations Dave Mac, well deserved!

Seanie.

Well done indeed Dave
It is well deserved and well earned for all your work in Astronomy; it was an honour to finally work with you successfully on the exoplanet project from Ireland. Keep up the good work!

Clear skies
Mike

Congratulations to Dave from all of us up here in the EAAS.
Dave gave us a wonderful talk on asteroids last September, and it's great to see such an honour bestowed on not only a fine astronomer, but the best Frank Sinatra look-alike currently on this island!

Wow, that's the stuff of dreams. Well done, Dave!

-- Jeff.