Still desperately seeking GRB (Was: Re: Terms and definitions

Matthew Graham mjg at cacr.caltech.edu
Sat Feb 9 12:05:18 PST 2008


Hi,

It also has nothing for Trans-Neptunian Object or Kuiper Belt Object.

	Cheers,

	Matthew

On Feb 9, 2008, at 11:34 AM, Brian Thomas wrote:

> On Saturday 09 February 2008 10:36:07 am Ed Shaya wrote:
>> Here are the terms and definitions for which you seek:
>> http://nedwww.ipac.caltech.edu/level5/Glossary/frames.html
>>
>>
>
> Hmm. Not quite. I of course immediately tried to look up "Gamma ray  
> Burst(s)",
> but got a reference to an outside work:
>
> Glossary of Astronomy and Astrophysics, J. Hopkins, University of  
> Chicago Press (1976)
>
> Which looks a bit old to be accurate (in this case).
>
> But seriously, it does look promising, and perhaps we could link to  
> these
> or at the very least re-use text (which I think should be ok, NASA  
> is generally
> releases (astronomy) information into the public domain; really need  
> to check
> the licensing to be sure tho.).
>
> =brian
>



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