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Refereed Journals Report of the IAU/IAG Working Group on Cartographic Coordinates and Rotational Elements: 2009, B.A. Archinal (chair), M.F. A'Hearn, E. Bowell, A. Conrad, G.J. Consolmagno, R. Courtin, T. Fukushima, D. Hestroffer, J.L. Hilton, G.A. Krasinsky, G. Neumann, J. Oberst, P.K. Seidelmann, P. Stooke, D.J. Tholen, P.C. Thomas, I.P. Williams, 2010, Celestial Mechanics & Dynamical Astronomy, Accepted (for Feb 2011 issue) LCROSS (Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite) Observation Campaign: Strategies, Implementation, and Lessons Learned, J.L. Heldmann, et al., 2010, SS Reviews, submitted The triaxial ellipsoid dimensions, rotational pole, and bulk density of ESA Rosetta target asteroid (21) Lutetia Jack D. Drummond, A. Conrad, W. J. Merline, B. Carry, C. R. Chapman, H. A. Weaver, P. M. Tamblyn, J. C. Christou, and C. Dumas, 2010, A&A, submitted and on astro-ph. Physical properties of ESA Rosetta target asteroid (21) Lutetia: Shape and flyby geometry Benoit Carry, Mikko Kaasalainen, Cedric Leyrat, Willam J. Merline, Jack D. Drummond, Al Conrad, Harold A. Weaver, Peter M. Tamblyn, Clark R. Chapman, Christophe Dumas, Francois Colas, Julian C. Christou, Elisabetta Dotto, Davide Perna, Sonia Fornasier, Laurent Bernasconi, Raoul Behrend, Frederic Vachier, Agnieszka Kryszczynska , Magdalena Polinska, Marcello Fulchignoni, Rene Roy, Ramon Naves, Raymond Poncy, and Patrick Wiggins, 2010, A&A, submitted and on astro-ph. Persistent Rings in and around Jupiter's Anticyclones - Observations and Theory Imke de Pater, Michael H. Wong, Philip Marcus, Statia Luszcz-Cook, Mate Adamkovics, Al Conrad, Xylar Asay-Davis, Christopher Go, 2010, Icarus, 210, 742-762. Physical Properties of 2 Pallas Benoit Carry; Christophe Dumas; Mikko Kaasalainen; Jérôme Berthier; William J Merline; Stéphane Erard; Al Conrad; Jack D Drummond; Daniel Hestroffer; Marcello Fulchignoni; Thierry Fusco, 2010, Icarus, 205, 460-472. Keck observations of Solar System objects: Perspectives for Extremely Large Telescopes (ELT) A. R. Conrad, R. W. Goodrich, R. D. Campbell, W. J. Merline, J. D. Drummond, C. Dumas, B. Carry, Earth Moon and Planets, Proceedings from Future Ground Based Solar System Research: Synergies with Space Probes and Space Telescope, Portoferraio, Isola d'Elba, Livorno (Italy), 2009, Earth Moon Planet, 105, 115-122. No Satellites Detected Around 21 Lutetia, Michael W. Busch, Shrinivas R. Kulkarni, Al Conrad, 2009, Icarus, 203, 681-682. Direct measurement of the size, shape, and pole of 511 Davida with Keck AO in a single night, A.R. Conrad, C. Dumas, W. J. Merline, J.D. Drummond, R.D. Campbell, R. W. Goodrich, D. Le Mignant, F. H. Chaffee, T. Fuscoe, S.H. Kwok and R. I. Knight, 2007, Icarus, 191, 616-627. Keck Adaptive Optics Imaging of Near-Earth Asteroid 2004 XP14, Michael W. Busch, Shrinivas R. Kulkarni, A.R. Conrad, P. Brian Cameron, 2007, Icarus, 192, 589-590. Report of the IAU/IAG Working Group on Cartographic Coordinates and Rotational Elements: 2006, P.K. Seidelmann (chair), B.A. Archinal (vice-chair), M.F. A'Hearn, A. Conrad, G.J. Consolmagno, D. Hestroffer, J.L. Hilton, G.A. Krasinsky, G. Neumann, J. Oberst, P. Stooke, E.F. Tedesco, D.J. Tholen, P.C. Thomas, I.P. Williams, 2007, Celestial Mechanics & Dynamical Astronomy, 98, 155-180. New Masses and Ages for the Planetary Mass Binary Candidate Ophiuchus #11 (2MASS J16222521-2405139) and the Discovery of Another Very Wide, Low-Mass, Binary in Ophiuchus (2MASS J16233609-2402209) Close, Laird M.; Zuckerman, Ben; Song, Inseok; Barman, Travis; Marois, Christian; Rice, Emily L.; Siegler, Nick; Macintosh, Bruce; Becklin, Eric E.; Campbell, Randy; Lyke, James E.; Conrad, Al; Le Mignant, David; 2007, The Astrophysical Journal, 660, 1492-1506. Satellites of the largest Kuiper Belt objects M. E. Brown, M. A. van Dam, A. H. Bouchez, D. Le Mignant, R. D. Campbell, J. C. Y. Chin, A. Conrad, S. K. Hartman, E. M. Johansson, R. E. Lafon, D. L. Rabinowitz, P. J. Stomski, Jr., D. M. Summers, C. A. Trujillo, and P. L. Wizinowich, The Astrophysical Journal, 639:L43-L46, 2006 March 1 Keck AO survey of Io global volcanic activity between 2 and 5 um, F. Marchis, D. Le Mignant, F.H. Chaffee, A.g. Davies, S.H. Kwok, R. Prange, I. dePater, P. Amico, R. Campbell, T. Fuxco, R.W. Goodrich, A. Conrad, Icarus 176 (2005) 96-122 Direct Measurement of Parent Volatiles in comet 9P/Tempel 1: A comparison of volatile composition before and after Impact Michael J. Mumma, Michael A. DiSanti, Karen Magee-Sauer, Boncho P. Bonev1, Geronimo L. Villanueva1, Hideyo Kawakita, Neil Dello Russo, Erika L. Gibb, James E. Lyke, Randall D. Campbell, Joel Aycock, Al Conrad, and Grant M. Hill. Science 14 October 2005: 270-274 Deep Impact: Observations from a Worldwide Earth-Based Campaign Meech, K. J.; et al. Science, Volume 310, Issue 5746, pp. 265-269 (2005). The Team Keck Treasury Redshift Survey of the GOODS-North Field Wirth, Gregory D.; Willmer, Christopher N. A.; et al., 2004, AJ, 127, 3121-3136. A survey of organic volatile species in comet C/1999 H1 (Lee) using NIRSPEC at the Keck Observatory Mumma, M. J.; McLean, I. S.; DiSanti, M. A.; Larkin, J. E.; Dello Russo, N.; Magee-Sauer, K.; Becklin, E. E.; Bida, T.; Chaffee, F.; Conrad, A. R.; and 9 coauthors 2001, The Astrophysical Journal, 546, 1183-1193.
PhD Thesis Exact Arithmetic in Q-bar with Applications in Celestial Mechanics
Other Publications The Size/Shape/Spin of Lutetia from ground-base observations B. Carry, W.J. Merline, J. Drummond, M. Kaasalainen, A. Conrad C. Leyrat, E. Dotto, C.R. Chapman EPSC, Rome, Italy (2010) The KOALA Shape Modeling Technique Validated at (21) Lutetia by ESA Rosetta Mission B. Carry, W.J. Merline, M. Kaasalainen, A. Conrad, J.D. Drummond, C. Dumas, M. Kueppers, OSIRIS Instrument Team, DPS, Pasadena (2010) Pre-flyby Determination Of The Size, Shape, Pole, Density, And Satellites Of (21) Lutetia From Ground-based Observations W. J. Merline, B. Carry, J.D. Drummond, A. Conrad, C.R. Chapman, M. Kaasalainen, C. Leyrat, H.A. Weaver, P.M. Tamblyn, J.C. Christou, C. Cumas, A. Kryszcynska, et al, DPS, Pasadena (2010) Pre-Rosetta Compositional Studies of Asteroid 21 Lutetia C. R. Chapman, W.J. Merline, B. Carry, H.A. Weaver, A. Conrad, J.D. Drummond DPS, Pasadena (2010) Improved Asteroid Density Estimates A. Conrad, W.J. Merline, B. Carry, J.D. Drummond, C.R. Chapman Second Workshop on Binaries in the Solar System, Poznan, Poland (2010) W. M. Keck Observatory's Next Generation Adaptive Optics Facility P. Wizinowich, S. Adkins, R. Dekany, D. Gavel, C. Max, R. Bartos, J. Bell, A. Bouchez, J. Chin, A. Conrad, et al. SPIE, San Diego, CA (2010) Status Report of the IAU/WGCCRE Subgroup for Small Bodies A. R. Conrad et al, First Workshop on Physical Properties of Asteroids, OPM, Paris (2010) Diffraction Limited Images of the Lunar Surface with Keck Adaptive Optics A. R. Conrad, D. Wooden, P. Lucey, R. D. Campbell, R. Goodrich, W. J. Merline, C. Chapman, Proc. Lunar and Planetary Sci. Conf. 41, 2533 (2010) IAU Circular S/2009 (317) 1 (figure) W. J. Merline, P. M. Tamblyn, J. D. Drummond, J. Christou, A. R. Conrad, C. R. Chapman, B.Carry, C. Dumas, D. Durda, R.M. Owen, B. L. Enke, November 24, 2009. Observations of Rosetta Target (21) Lutetia with Keck and Gemini Adaptive Optics (figure) Albert R Conrad, William J. Merline, Jack Drummond, Benoit Carry, Peter M. Tamblyn, Clark R Chapman, Christophe Dumas, Harold A Weaver AGU 2009 The Adaptive Optics Point Spread Function from Keck and Gemini Drummond, J., J. Christou, W. Merline, A. Conrad, B. Carry AMOS 2009 Determining Asteroids' Poles and Dimensions, J. Christou, J. Drummond, W. Merline, A. Conrad, B. Carry, C. Dumas, Joint Subaru/Gemini Science Conference, Kyoto (2009) The Dimensions and Pole of Asteroid (21) Lutetia from Adaptive Optics Images Drummond, Jack D.; Conrad, A.; Merline, W.; Carry, B., DPS 2009 Recent Results From Imaging Asteroids With Adaptive Optics, A.R. Conrad, W.J. Merline, J.D. Drummond, B. Carry, C. Dumas, R.D. Campbell, R.W. Goodrich, C.R. Chapman, P.M. Tamblyn, Proc. Lunar and Planetary Sci. Conf. 40, 2414 (2009) IAU Circular 8977 (S/2008 35107) W. J. Merline, A. R. Conrad, J. D. Drummond, P. M. Tamblyn, C. Dumas, B.Carry, R.M. Owen, R.D., Campbell, R.W. Goodrich, September 18, 2008. IAU Circular 8930 (S/2008 41) A. R. Conrad, W. J. Merline, J. D. Drummond, P. M. Tamblyn, C. Dumas, B.Carry, R.D., Campbell, R.W. Goodrich, R.M. Owen, C. R. Chapman, March 21, 2008. Shape and Size of Asteroid (41) Daphne from AO imaging. Conrad, A.R., Carry, B., Drummond, J.D., Merline, W.J., Dumas, C., Owen, W.M., Chapman, C.R., Tamblyn, P.M., Goodrich, R.W., Campbell, R.D. DPS 2008. AO operations at the W. M. Keck Observatory Campbell, Randall D.; Le Mignant, David; van Dam, Marcos A.; Conrad, Al; Grace, Kenny; Kassis, Marc; Lyke, James E.; Tran, Hien; Chin, Jason C. Y.; Chock, Elizabeth; et al. SPIE, 7016 (2008) Standard Triaxial Ellipsoid Asteroids from AO Observations Drummond, Jack D.; Merline, W. J.; Conrad, A.; Dumas, C.; Carry, B. DPS 2008. Discovery of an Extreme Asteroid Moon Laura Kinoshita, Al Conrad, Bill Merline, Cosmic Matters Magazine, Summer 2008. Properties of 4 Asteroids from Keck Adaptive Optics. Conrad, A.R., Merline, W.J., Drummond, J.D., Carry, B., Dumas, C., Tamblyn, P.M., Chapman, C.R., Campbell, R.D., Goodrich, R.W., ACM 2008, 1405, 8326 Discovery of an Extreme Mass-Ratio Satellite of (41) Daphne in a Close Orbit. Merline, W.J., Conrad, A.R., Drummond, J.D., Carry, B., Dumas, C., Tamblyn, P.M., Chapman, C.R., Owen, W.M., Campbell, R.D., Goodrich, R.W. ACM 2008, 1405, 8370 Asteroid 2 Pallas: Evidence for an impact-crater Carry, B.; Dumas, C.; Kaasalainen, M.; Berthier, J.; Gil-Hutton, R.; Merline, W. J.; Drummond, J. D.; Hestroffer, D.; Fulchignoni, M.; Conrad, A.; Erard, S. ACM 2008, 1405, 8303 Asteroid Shape Determination: A Comparison of AO Imaging With Lightcurve Inversion. Conrad, A.R., Merline, W.J., Drummond, J.D., Carry, B., Dumas, C., Tamblyn, P.M., Campbell, R.D., Goodrich, R.W., Le Mignant, D. Proc. Lunar and Planetary Sci. Conf. 39, 2473 (2008) Planetary Astronomy: The New Solar System, Mike Brown, Al Conrad, Linda Copman, Cosmic Matters Magazine, Fall 2007, Keck Meets the Solar System Conrad, Al; Campbell, R.; Goodrich, R.; Le Mignant, D.; Merline, W. J.; Drummond, J. D.; Dumas, C.; Carry, B., DPS, 2007, 39.3406C Asteroid 2 Pallas Physical Properties from Near-Infrared High-Angular Resolution Observations Carry, Benoit; Kaasalainen, M.; Dumas, C.; Berthier, J.; Merline, W. J.; Conrad, A.; Hestroffer, D.; Fulchignoni, M.; Erard, S., DPS, 2007, 39.3008C Comparison of Three Asteroid Limb Profiles Conrad, A. R.; Dumas, C.; Merline, W. J.; Drummond, J. D.; Campbell, R. D.; Goodrich, R. W.; Le Mignant, D.; Chaffee, F. H.; Kwok, S. H.; Knight, R. I., Proc. Lunar and Planetary Sci. Conf. 38, 1492 (2007) Optimizing interactive performance for long-distance remote observing, Kibrick, Robert; Allen, Steven L.; Conrad, Al; Wirth, Gregory D. , SPIE, Orlando, FL, 2006. LGS AO at W.M. Keck Observatory: routine operations and remaining challenges, Le Mignant, David; van Dam, Marcos A.; Bouchez, Antonin H.; Chin, Jason C. Y.; Chock, Elizabeth; Campbell, Randall D.; Conrad, Al; Doyle, Steve; Goodrich, Robert W.; Johansson, Erik M.; et al. 10 2006SPIE.6272E...1L LGS AO operations at the W.M. Keck Observatory Le Mignant, David; Campbell, Randall D.; Bouchez, Antonin H.; Chin, Jason C. Y.; Chock, Elizabeth; Conrad, Al; van Dam, Marcos A.; Doyle, Steve; Goodrich, Robert E.; Johansson, Erik M.; and 7 coauthors 11 2006SPIE.6270E..11L Rotation and morphology of asteroid 511 Davida. A. R. Conrad, C. Dumas, W. J. Merline, R. D. Campbell, R. W. Goodrich, D. Le Mignant, F. H. Chaffee, T. Fusco, S. H. Kwok, R. I. Knight, Lunar and Planetary Science XXXVII (2006) The Design of the W. M. Keck Observatory Archive Berriman, G. B.; Ciardi, D. R.; Laity, A. C.; Tahir-Kheli, N. D.; Conrad, A.; Mader, J.; Tran, H.; Bida, T., ADASS, 2005, 347, 627. The Keck Observatory Archive (KOA) Tran, H. D.; Mader, J.; Conrad, A.; Berriman, B.; Ciardi, D.; Laity, A.; Tahir-Kheli, N.; Bida, T. 2004, Bull AAS, 36, 1603 Team Keck Treasury Redshift Survey Goodrich, R. W.; Amico, P.; Chaffee, F.; Conrad, A.; et al., 2003, AAS, 35, 1405 Near-infrared imaging of large main-belt asteroids with the Keck adaptive optics system. A. Conrad, D. Le Mignant, C. Dumas, W. Merline, et al, AAS/DPS, Montery, California, 2003 IAU Circular 8165 (S/2003 283). Merline, W. J.; Dumas, C.; Siegler, N.; Close, L. M.; Chapman, C. R.; Tamblyn, P. M.; Terrell, D.; Conrad, A.; Menard, F.; Duvert, G. Searching and Studying Binary Asteroids with AO Systems Marchis, F.; Descamps, P.; Berthier, J.; Hestroffer, D.; de Pater, I.; Conrad, A.; Le Mignant, D.; Chaffee, F.; Gavel, D. AAS/DPS, Montery, California, 2003 Io, the movie Le Mignant, David; Marchis, Franck; Kwok, Shui Hung; Amico, Paola; Campbell, Randy D.; Chaffee, Frederic H.; Conrad, Albert; Contos, Adam R.; Goodrich, Robert; et al., SPIE, 4834, 319L, 2003 Design of the W.M. Keck Observatory Single Dish Archive, Berriman, Bruce; Tahir-Kheli, Naveed; Bida, Thomas; Conrad, Albert; Kurpis, Peter; Tran, Hien, IAUJD, 8E, 25B (2003) Mira: a case study Kwok, Shui Hung; Conrad, Albert SPIE, 4845, 414K (2002) Remote observing with the Keck Telescopes from multiple sites in California Kibrick, Robert I.; Hayes, Brian; Allen, Steven L.; Conrad, Albert SPIE, 4845, 80K (2002) A Keck/AO deep luminosity function of the Galactic Bulge in Baade's Window obtained using the NIRC2 camera Barczys, M.; Rich, R. M.; Larkin, J.; Matthews, K.; Althouse, W. E.; Campbell, R. D.; Conrad, A.; Egami, E.; Goodrich, R. W.; Honey, A.; et al. AAS, 199, 9112B (2001) A survey of organic volatile species in comet C/1999 H1 (Lee) using NIRSPEC at the Keck Observatory Mumma, M. J.; McLean, I. S.; DiSanti, M. A.; Larkin, J. E.; Dello Russo, N.; Magee-Sauer, K.; Becklin, E. E.; Bida, T.; Chaffee, F.; Conrad, A. R.; et al. DPS, 32, 4404M (2000) Comet C/1999 T1 (McNaught-Hartley) Mumma, M. J.; Dello Russo, N.; DiSanti, M. A.; Magee-Sauer, K.; Novak, R.; Conrad, A.; Chaffee, F., IAUC, 7578 (2000) Remote observing with the Keck Telescopes from the U.S. Mainland R. Kibrick, S. Allen, and Al Conrad SPIE, Munich, Germany, 2000 Remote observing with the Keck Telescopes Conrad, Al; Gathright, John; Kibrick, Robert, SPIE, 3112, 99C (1997) User interface and control software for the HIRES image rotator on Keck-1 Kibrick, Robert; Conrad, Al; Gathright, John; Tucker, Dean, SPIE, 3112, 187K (1997) A Graphical Field Extension for {sky} Conrad, Al ASPC, 125, 393C (1997) The SKY System for Az/El Telescope Control A. Conrad, SPIE, Orlando, FL, 1995. The SAO-IIS Communication Package Wright, J.; Conrad, A. R. ASPC, 61, 495W (1994) The Keck Keyword Layer A. Conrad, W. Lupton, ASPC, 52, 203C (1993) Two spectrograph control displays for the W.M. Keck Telescope Conrad, Albert; Kibrick, Robert I.; Cromer, John SPIE, 2198, 1151C (1994) HIRES: the high-resolution echelle spectrometer on the Keck 10-m Telescope Vogt, S. S.; Allen, S. L.; Bigelow, B. C.; Bresee, L.; Brown, B.; Cantrall, T.; Conrad, A.; Couture, M.; Delaney, C.; et al. SPIE, 2198, 362V (1994) The Keck Task Library (KTL) Lupton, W. F.; Conrad, A. R. ASPC, 52, 315L (1993) CCD Data Acquisition Systems at Lick and Keck Observatories Kibrick, R. I.; Stover, R. J.; Conrad, A. R. ASPC, 52, 277K (1993) Modelling Graphical Data with C++ A. Conrad, Proceedings of the C++ Workshop, 238-239, Santa Fe, New Mexico (1987)
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