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AAS Division on Dynamical AstronomyNewsletter 75, October 1993 |
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Santa Barbara Meeting
The 24th meeting of the DDA was held in Santa Barbara California on
May 13-15, 1993. Roy Laubscher and several people at Geodynamics
Corporation did an outstanding job with the meeting organization. A
total of 35 contributed DDA talks were presented in addition to the
invited lectures given by Peter Bender and Gerald Quinlan. The Brouwer
Lecture entitled "The Effect of the Nebula on the Trojan Precursors" was
given by Stan Peale. Ed Krupp, the Director of the Griffith
Observatory, gave a fascinating banquet speech entitled "Under Maya
Skies: The Cosmos, the Calendar, and the King."
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Brouwer Award
The Brouwer Award of the Division on Dynamical Astronomy for 1993
went to Alar Toomre of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is
viewed by many as one of the leading authorities in galactic dynamics
because of his major analytical contributions to important theoretical
questions. His work is widely known and used; his influence on the
field is enormous. Toomre models of interacting galaxies were one of
the first such treatments to be found in undergraduate texts. That his
work is continuing is evidenced by the fact that a recent paper with
Agris Kalnajs on the influence of graininess on structure in shearing
disks is reported already to have had a major impact in the field.
Toomre sets and meets very high standards in publication. Dr. Toomre
will give his Brouwer Award lecture at the AAS meeting in Minneapolis.
The Brouwer Award Selection Committee (BASC) for 1993-94 consists of: Bruce Smith (Committee Chair), Alice Monet (DDA Chair), Stan Peale (past winner), Alan Boss (continuing member), and Jim Williams (new member).
All members are reminded that the BASC invites nominations from any
member of the American Astronomical Society. The Brouwer Award has been
established to recognize outstanding contributions to the field of
Dynamical Astronomy, including celestial mechanics, astrometry,
geophysics, stellar systems, galactic and extragalactic dynamics. It is
open to candidates of any age or nationality, occupation, or specific
field of interest. The Award consists of an honorarium plus an
appropriate certificate. Letters of nomination should cite the
achievements in, or contributions to, Dynamical Astronomy that might
appropriately be recognized by the Award. Nominations are to be
supported by copies of the vitae and bibliography of the nominee and by
letters of recommendation from three knowledgeable people testifying to
the long-term impact of the nominee's contributions to Dynamical
Astronomy. Nominations and supporting documentation should be sent to
the following (from whom further information may be obtained) so as to
be received not later than December 28, 1993: Dr. Bruce F. Smith, Code
245-3, NASA/AMES Research Center, Moffett Field, CA 94035.
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Election Results
The new Chair for the 1993-94 year is Alice Monet. Alan Fiala was
elected to serve as Vice Chair. Peter Shelus was reelected as
Treasurer and Art Whipple will continue as Secretary. The new Committee
members are George Benedict, Tom Corbin, and Joel Tohline. Barbara
Schreur, David Richardson, and Timothy Carroll will continue on their
second year as Committee members. A total of 82 election ballots were
received by the deadline. The total DDA membership numbers 230.
The Nominating Committee for 1993-1994 will be Myles Standish (past
Chair), Carol Williams, and Jim Rohde.
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Next Meeting
The DDA regular meeting for 1994 will be hosted by Texas A&M -
Kingsville, on March 27-29. Probably only the Committee meeting will be
held on Sunday, the 27th, with the scientific sessions being held on
Monday and Tuesday. Barbara Schreur (Texas A&M - Kingsville, Electrical
Engineering & Computer Science, Kingsville, TX 78363, 512-595-2627, 512-
595-2106 (FAX), kfbs000@taivm2.taiu.edu) is the local host. She, Alan
Fiala, and Art Whipple will act as the organizing committee. Brian
Marsden will be the featured speaker for the banquet. Invited speakers
for scientific sessions include Hal Levison, John Ries, and Richard
Eanes. Special sessions are being planned, tentatively to include as
topics the Kuiper Belt, comet P/Shoemaker-Levy 9, and experiments in
dynamics and relativity from spacecraft. Kingsville, Texas, is located
just inland from Padre Island on the Gulf of Mexico. The beach, often
called the Texas Riviera, is an hour's drive away through Corpus
Christi. Seafood, Tex-Mex and Texas Bar-B-Q tempt the palate. The town
itself is small and quiet with the principal industries being a Naval
Air Station, the University, petrochemicals and the famous King Ranch.
The weather at the end of March is usually clear with temperatures in
the 70's to low 80's.
Further information about meeting and hotel registration, along with
the abstract forms, will be included with the next Newsletter. The
abstract deadline will be 22 February 1994. In the meantime, we would
like to repeat last year's experiment and include a list of possible
participants with the next Newsletter. Please take a moment to fill out
the slip at the end of this Newsletter and return it to the Secretary.
Each participant may give both an oral and a poster paper (but not two
oral papers). This could be used to make presentations on two subjects
or two presentations on the same subject (the oral giving the overview
and the poster giving the details).
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The 1995 DDA Meeting
Even as we prepare for our next meeting in Kingsville, Texas, we are
already planning the 1995 meeting. After many years of lobbying, Roy
Laubscher finally got his idea of holding the DDA meeting in Yosemite
before a DDA Committee that was adventurous (or gullible) enough. So
the 1995 meeting of the DDA will be held in Yosemite Valley at the
Yosemite National Park. The dates of the meeting are 25-27 April 1995
and they are firm. Because of the somewhat exotic nature of this
location, members may wish to contact Roy early. He can be reached at
Geodynamics Corporation, 5266 Hollister Ave., Suite 117, Santa Barbara,
CA 93111. His telephone number is 805-964-2814. He does not have an
email address. Please give him a call and tell him he needs one.
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A Publications Request
Gene Byrd is writing a review on computer simulations of galaxies.
He writes that he would welcome preprints or reprints on this subject.
He can be reached at: Dr. Gene Byrd, Department of Physics and
Astronomy, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0324,
byrd@okra.astr.ua.edu
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1994 AAS/DDA Meeting, Kingsville, Texas, March 27-29, 1994
Name:
Address:
___ I plan to attend the meeting
___ I may attend the meeting
___ I do not plan to attend the meeting
I would like to give a the following paper(s) on:
___ Oral ___ Poster Title:
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Please return to: Art Whipple, alw@astro.as.utexas.edu, or McDonald
Observatory, University of Texas, Austin, TX 78712-1083