Re: US Spy Sats In "Wrong" Orbit, oh my

From: Allen Thomson (thomsona@flash.net)
Date: Fri Aug 10 2001 - 11:18:14 PDT

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    "Gene Heyler" <Gene_Heyler@jhuapl.edu> tipped his hat and said,

> A tip of the hat to you "amateur astronomers"

I just realized that we have an asteroidal namesake on the list:

From www.jhuapl.edu/public/pr/announ/990803.htm :

"Asteroid 5446 will now be known as 5446 Heyler in recognition
of Gene Heyler, a spacecraft attitude control expert from Columbia,
Md., who has been responsible for developing innovative techniques
for tracking minor planets during fast flybys. These techniques played
a major role in the success of the NEAR flyby of asteroid 253 Mathilde
in June 1997." 

Congratulations.


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