Armagh Observatory (p)reprint series
Armagh papers relating to solar system astronomy

Publications:

• Human Orrery shows Kepler's laws
  J. Kinchin, M. Bailey and D. Asher
  Physics Educ., 47, 149-151 (2012)
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• The meteor work of Ernst Öpik at Armagh Observatory
  J. McFarland and D. Asher
  Proc. Int. Meteor Conf., Armagh 2010, ed. D.J. Asher, A.A. Christou, P. Atreya & G. Barentsen, IMO, 67-72 (2011)
  Abstract
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• A long-lived horseshoe companion to the Earth
  A.A. Christou and D.J. Asher
  MNRAS, 414, 2965-2969 (2011)
  Abstract
  Full Paper - PDF
  Published version at onlinelibrary.wiley.com
  
  
• Recent shower calculations
  D.J. Asher
  Proc. Int. Meteor Conf., Poreč 2009, ed. Z. Andreić & J. Kac, IMO, 7-13 (2010)
  Abstract
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• The Tunguska impact event and beyond
  B. Napier and D. Asher
  Astron. Geophys., 50 (1), 18-26 (2009)
  Abstract
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• Quasi-Hilda Comet 147P/Kushida-Muramatsu: Another long temporary satellite capture by Jupiter
  K. Ohtsuka, T. Ito, M. Yoshikawa, D.J. Asher and H. Arakida
  Astron. Astrophys., 489, 1355-1362 (2008)
  Abstract
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  Published version at A&A
  
  
• Meteor outburst profiles and cometary ejection models
  D.J. Asher
  Earth, Moon, & Planets, 102, 27-33 (2008)
  Abstract
  Full Paper - PDF
  Published version available at www.springerlink.com
  
  
• Apollo asteroids 1566 Icarus and 2007 MK6: Icarus family members?
  K. Ohtsuka, H. Arakida, T. Ito, T. Kasuga, J. Watanabe, D. Kinoshita, T. Sekiguchi, D.J. Asher and S. Nakano
  Astrophys. J., 668, L71-L74 (2007)
  Abstract
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  Published version at Univ. Chicago Press
  
  
• The fundamental role of the Oort cloud in determining the flux of comets through the planetary system
  V.V. Emel'yanenko, D.J. Asher and M.E. Bailey
  MNRAS, 381, 779-789 (2007)
  Abstract
  Full Paper - PDF
  Published version at www.blackwell-synergy.com
  
  
• The Human Orrery: a new educational tool for astronomy
  D.J. Asher, M.E. Bailey, A.A. Christou and M.D. Popescu
  Astron. Educ. Rev., 5 (2), 159-176 (2007)
  Abstract
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  Full Paper - HTML from AER
  
  
• Earth in the cosmic shooting gallery
  D.J. Asher, M. Bailey, V. Emel'yanenko and B. Napier
  Observatory, 125, 319-322 (2005)
  Full Paper - PDF
  Published version from NASA ADS
  
  
• Centaurs from the Oort cloud and the origin of Jupiter-family comets
  V.V. Emel'yanenko, D.J. Asher and M.E. Bailey
  MNRAS, 361, 1345-1351 (2005)
  Full Paper - PDF (Copyright notice)
  
  
• The Human Orrery: ground-based astronomy for all
  M. Bailey, D. Asher and A. Christou
  Astron. Geophys., 46 (3), 31-35 (2005)
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• The Human Orrery: putting the solar system in perspective
  M.E. Bailey, D.J. Asher and A.A. Christou
  Sky & Tel., 109 (5), 107-111 (2005)
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• The dynamical structure of meteor streams and meteor shower predictions
  D.J. Asher
  Dynamics of Populations of Planetary Systems (IAU Colloq. No. 197), ed. Z. Knezevic & A. Milani, CUP, 375-382 (2005)
  PDF from Cambridge University Press
  HTML version from CUP
  
  
• (older publications - to come)
  
  one older publication where full paper isn't on ADS:
• Leonid dust trail theories
  D.J. Asher
  Proc. Int. Meteor Conf., Frasso Sabino 1999, ed. R. Arlt, IMO, 5-21 (2000)
  Abstract
  Full Paper - PDF