Asteroids 2001: from Piazzi to the 3rd Millennium
Among the activities to celebrate the 200th anniversary of Giuseppe
Piazzi's discovery of 1 Ceres from the tower of Palermo Observatory on
January 1st 1801, the international conference "Asteroids 2001: from
Piazzi to the 3rd Millennium" has been planned. Organized by the
Osservatorio Astronomico "G.S. Vaiana" di Palermo, the Dipartimento di
Scienze Fisiche e Astronomiche dell'Universita` di Palermo, the
Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia dell'Universita` di Catania, the
Osservatorio Astrofisico di Catania and the Osservatorio Astronomico di
Torino, it will be held in Palermo from 11 to 16 June, 2001.
The main topics should concern the main belt asteroids with single
sessions devoted to the interrelationship with Kuiper Belt and NEA.
Following the conference the University of Arizona Press will publish
the book "Asteroids III".
The members of the LOC are C. Blanco (Ch), R. Candia, I.
Chinnici, M. Di Martino (Ch), G. Fodera`, A. Harris, G. Inserillo, G.
Liggio, D. Randazzo, D. Recupero, S. Serio (Ch), G. Vitale.
Scientific Organizing Committee
Barucci M. Antonietta
Observatory of Paris-DESPA
5, Place Jannsen
92195 Meudon France
Binzel Richard (Chairman)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences
77 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, Ma 02139 USA
Blanco Carlo
Department of Physics and Astronomy of Catania University
Via S. Sofia, 78
95125 Catania Italy
Carusi Andrea
Institute of Space Astrophysics - CNR
Area Ricerca di Roma Tor Vergata
Via del Fosso del Cavaliere
00133 Rome Italy
Chapman Clark
Planetary Science Institute
620, North 6th Avenue
Tucson, AZ 85705 8331 USA
Clark Beth
Cornell University
308 Space Sciences Building
Ithaca, NY 14853-6801 USA
Farinella Paolo
Astronomy Department of Trieste University
Via Tiepolo 11
34131 Trieste Italy
Isobe Syuzo
National Astronomical Observatory
2-21-1, Osawa, Mitaka
Tokio 181 Japan
Lazzaro Daniela
Observatorio Nacional
Rua General Jose Cristino 77
20921-400 Rio de Janeiro Brazil
Lupishko Dmitrij
Astronomical Observatory of Kharkov State University
Sumskaya Str. 35
Kharkov 310001 Ukraine
Marsden Brian
Harvard Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
60 Garden Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138 USA
Milani Andrea
Mathematics Department of Pisa University
Via Buonarroti 2
56127 Pisa Italy
Muinonen Karri
Observatory of Helsinki University
P.O. Box 14 (Kopernikuksentie 1)
FIN-00014 University of Helsinki Finland
Neukum Gerard
DLR - Institute of Planetary Exploration
Rodower Chausse 5
D-12484 Berlin Germany
Shor Viktor A.
Institute of Applied Astronomy of RAS
197110 Zhdanovskaya 8
St. Petersburg, Russia
Yeomans Donald
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
4800 Oak Grove Drive
Pasadena CA 91109 USA
Zappala` Vincenzo (Chairman)
Astronomical Observatory of Torino
10025 Pino Torinese Italy
Scientific Organizing Committee Contact address:
Blanco Carlo, Gina Santagati
Department of Physics and Astronomy of Catania University
Via S. Sofia, 78
95125 Catania Italy
Tel.: +39 095 73 32 269 ; Fax: +39 095 33 05 92
e-mail: CBLANCO@alpha4.ct.astro.it, gsantagati@alpha4.ct.astro.it
Local Organizing Committee Contact address:
Donata Randazzo, Laura Daricello
Osservatorio Astronomico di Palermo
Piazza del Parlamento 1
I-90134 Palermo, Italy
Tel.: +39 091 233 243 / 247; Fax: +39 091 233 444
e-mail: ceres2001@oapa.astropa.unipa.it
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