view from Timerline Lodge

2002 AAS/DDA meeting
at Timberline Lodge

  Program

Sunday, April 21

4:30 - 6:30pmDDA Committee Meeting
6:30 - 8:30pmReception
6:30 - 8:30pmRegistration

Monday, April 22

8:15amRegistration
8:30amOpening Remarks

Session 1: Brouwer Lecture/Extrasolar Systems Chaired by H. Levison

8:40am(1.01) Development of the Symplectic Mapping Method
J. Wisdom (BROUWER LECTURE) [Abstract]
9:30am(1.02) Extrasolar Planets and the 2:1 Orbital Resonances
S. J. Peale, M. H. Lee [Abstract]
9:50am(1.03) Secular Evolution of Hierarchical Planetary Systems
M. H. Lee, S. J. Peale [Abstract]
10:10am(1.04) Eccentricity Evolution of Multiple Planetary Systems during Disk Depletion
M. Nagasawa, D. N. C. Lin, S. Ida [Abstract]
10:30am
Coffee Break

Session 2: Asteroids Chaired by F. Adams

10:50am(2.01) The Dynamical Evolution of Asteroids and Meteroids via Yarkovsky Thermal Forces
W. F. Bottke (Invited) [Abstract]
11:40am(2.02) Asteroid 1950DA's Encounter with Earth in 2880: Physical Limits of Collision Probability Prediction
J. D. Giorgini et al. [Abstract]
12:00pm(2.03) Chaotic Migration of Asteroids over Very Long Time Scales
F. Varadi, M. Ghil, B. Runnegar [Abstract]
12:20pm
Lunch

Session 3: Galaxy Centers Chaired by S. Unwin

1:40pm(3.01) Structure and Dynamics of Bulges
M. Bureau (Invited) [Abstract]
2:30pm (3.02) Life and Death of Binaries Near the Galactic Center
J. G. Hills [Abstract]
2:50pm(3.03) Dynamics of Galactic Nuclei
M. Milosavljevic, D. Merritt (Student Stipend) [Abstract]
3:10pm (3.04) Binary Supermassive Black Holes
D. Merritt [Abstract]
3:30pm(3.05) Correlation with Errors-in-Variables and an Application to Galaxies
W. H. Jeffreys [Abstract]
3:50pm
Coffee Break

Session 4: Kuiper Belt Chaired by J. Ries

4:10pm(4.01) Normal Modes of a Perturbed Particle Belt
W. R. Ward [Abstract]
4:30pm(4.02) Secular Resonance Sweeping in a Self-Gravitating Kuiper Belt
J. M. Hahn, W. R. Ward [Abstract]

Session 5: Ephemerides Chaired by J. Ries

4:50pm(5.01) Asteroid Limitations upon Solar System Tests
E. M. Standish [Abstract]
5:10pm(5.02) A Simple Method for Conversion Between the Celestial Ephemeris Origin, J2000.0, and the Equinox of Date
J. Hilton [Abstract]
5:30pm(5.03) Systematic Error Corrections for UCAC2 Positions
N. Zacharias, M. I. Zacharias [Abstract]
Session 6: Business meeting
7:00-8:00pm

Session 7: Posters

7:00pm(7.01) Gas-Drag Effect on the Orbital Instability of a Protoplanet System
K. Iwasaki, H. Emori, H. Tanaka, K. Nakazawa [Abstract]

(7.02) The Orientation of the Pole of Jupiter
R. A. Jacobson [Abstract]

(7.03) Detection of Global Warping of Outer Stellar Disks in N-Body Simulations of Isolated, Highly Flattened Galaxies
E. Griv, M. Gedalin, C. Yuan [Abstract]

(7.04) Quasilinear Kinetic Stability Theory of the Ring System of Saturn
E. Liverts, E. Griv, M. Gedalin, C. Yuan [Abstract]

(7.05) The Effects of an Early Stellar Encounter on a Planetesimal Disk
H. Kobayashi, S. Ida, H. Tanaka [Abstract]

(7.06) Investigations into the Nature of the Multiple System Finsen 332: Tweedeldee and Tweedledum
B. D. Mason, W. I. Hartkopf [Abstract]

(7.07) The Astronomical Almanac: Changes in the 2003 Edition, Plans for the Future
S. Howard [Abstract]

(7.08) Viscosity of a Planetesimal Disk due to Gravitational Encounters
K. Ohtsuki, H. Tanaka [Abstract]

(7.09) Solar Neighborhood Kinematics Based on 3-D Stellar Velocity Samples
V. I. Korchagin, W. F. van Altena, T. V. Borkova, D. I., Dinescu, T. M. Girard [Abstract]

(7.10) Terrestrial Planet Formation in the Alpha Centauri System
E. V. Quintana, J. J. Lissauer, J. E. Chambers, M. J. Duncan [Abstract]

(7.11) Coupled Orbital-Rotational-Viscoelastic Models of the Galilean Satellites
S. Musotto, F. Varadi, W. Moore, G. Schubert [Abstract]

(7.12) Damping of Terrestrial Planet Eccentricities by Density Wave Interactions with a Remnant Gas Disk
C. B. Agnor, W. R. Ward [Abstract]

Tuesday, April 23

Session 8: N-Body Techniques Chaired by W. Jeffreys

8:30am(8.01) The Stellar Laboratory
J. Hurley (Invited) [Abstract]
9:20am(8.02) The HNBody Package for Symplectic Integration of Nearly-Keplerian Systems
K. P. Rauch, D. P. Hamilton [Abstract]
9:40am(8.03) A New Direction for N-Body Integrators
J. Chambers [Abstract]
10:00am(8.04) Hamiltonian Approximants for Symplectic Integrators
W. I. Newman, J. Schiff [Abstract]
10:20am
Coffee Break

Session 9: Other Solar Systems Chaired by M. H. Lee

10:50am(9.01) Dynamical Fitting Procedures for Multiple Planet Systems
G. Laughlin [Abstract]
11:10am(9.02) The Co-Orbital Resonance and Extrasolar Planets
G. S. Novak [Abstract]
11:30am(9.03) Dynamical Models of the Resonant Pair of Planets Orbiting the Star GJ 876
E. J. Rivera, J. J. Lissauer [Abstract]
11:50am(9.04) Techniques for Fitting Strongly-Interacting Multiple-Planet Systems
A. C. McDaniel [Abstract]
12:10pm
Lunch

Session 10: Galaxies Chaired by T. Statler

1:30pm(10.01) Chaos and Galaxy Evolution
H. Kandrup (Invited) [Abstract]
2:20pm(10.02) Building Self-Consistent Models for Periodic Potentials
S. E. Levine [Abstract]
2:40pm(10.03) Walter Baade, Dynamical Astronomer at Goettingen, Hamburg, Mount Wilson, and Palomar Observatories
D. E. Osterbrock [Abstract]

Session 11: Rings Chaired by P. D. Nicholson

3:00pm(11.01) Dynamics of Narrow Planetary Rings
E. Chiang (Invited) [Abstract]
3:20pm(11.02) The Confinement of Neptune's Ring Arcs
C. Porco, F. Namouni [Abstract]
3:40pm(11.03) The Effect of Perturbation Magnitude on Narrow Ring Formation
M. C. Lewis, G. R. Stewart [Abstract]
4:00pm
Coffee break

Session 12: Protoplanetary Disks Chaired by D. Hamilton

4:20pm(12.01) Balanced Dynamics of Rossby Vortices in Protoplanetary Disks
G. R. Stewart [Abstract]
4:40pm(12.02) Migration of Solids in a Non-Uniform Gravitationally Unstable Disk
N. Haghighipour [Abstract]
5:00pm(12.03) Constraints on the Birth Aggregate of the Solar System
F. C. Adams, G. Laughlin [Abstract]
5:20pm(12.04) The Effect of a Dissipating Gas Disk on Terrestrial Planet Formation
J. Kominami, S. Ida [Abstract]
5:40pm(12.05) Oligarchic Growth Before and After Gas Dispersal
E. W. Thommes, M. J. Duncan, H. F. Levison [Abstract]

Banquet

7:00pmCash Bar
7:30pmDinner
8:45pmMovie: The Shining, some of which was filmed at Timberline Lodge

Wednesday, April 24

Session 13: Missions, etc. Chaired by J. Hills

8:00am(13.01) Dynamical Astronomy with LISA
P. Bender (Invited) [Abstract]
8:50am(13.02) The GRACE Mission: Status and Plans
J. C. Ries, B. D. Tapley, S. Bettadpur [Abstract]
9:10am(13.03) Constructing a Stellar Reference Grid for Microarcsecond Astrometry
S. C. Unwin, J. H. Catanzarite [Abstract]
9:30am(13.04) Error Propagation in a Two-Body Problem
R. E. Laubscher [Abstract]
9:50am
Coffee Break

Session 14: Satellites in the Outer Solar System Chaired by B. Ward

10:20am(14.01) Saturn's Irregular Satellites
P. D. Nicholson, J. A. Burns, B. J. Gladman, J-M. Petit, M. Holman, J. J. Kavelaars [Abstract]
10:40am(14.02) New Secular Resonances Involving the Irregular Satellites of Saturn
M. Cuk, J. A. Burns, V. Carruba, P. D. Nicholson, R. A. Jacobson (Student Stipend) [Abstract]
11:00am(14.03) Saturn's Wayward Shepherds: The Peregrinations of Prometheus and Pandora
R. G. French, C. A. McGhee, L. Dones, J. J. Lissauer [Abstract]
11:20am(14.04) Saturn's Dynamic Duo, Prometheus and Pandora
L. Dones, H. F. Levison, J. J. Lissauer, R. G. French, C. A. McGhee [Abstract]
11:40am(14.05) Satellite Formation around Gas Giant Planets
R. Canup, W. R. Ward [Abstract]
12:00pm
Lunch

Session 15: Solar System Chaired by E. M. Standish

1:00pm(15.01) The Fate of Ejecta from Hyperion
J. J. Lissauer, A. R. Dobrovolskis [Abstract]
1:20pm(15.02) Could the Lunar "Late Heavy Bombardment" Have Been Triggered by the Formation of Uranus and Neptune?
H. Levison, L. Dones, C. R. Chapman, S. A. Stern, M. J. Duncan, K. Zahnle [Abstract]
1:40pm(15.03) The Obliquities of the Giant Planets
D. P. Hamilton, W. R. Ward [Abstract]
2:00pm(15.04) Dynamical Evolution of Comet Nucleus Rotation
D. J. Scheeres, V. V. Sidorenko, A. I. Neishtadt, A. A. Vasiliev [Abstract]
2:20pm
Adjourn