NEW ASTEROID SATELLITE DISCOVERY AWARD PAUL D. MALEY IOTA ANNUAL MEETING 2014

NAME OF AWARD W.J. Merline Award for Discovery of an Asteroid Satellite by Occultation (MADASO)

PURPOSE TO DRAW ATTENTION TO IOTA WORK AND METHODS, specifically multi-station deploys where 1 observer deploys 3 or more stations TO RECOGNIZE THE FIRST CONFIRMED AMATEUR DISCOVERY OF AN ASTEROID SATELLITE BY OCCULTATION TO RECOGNIZE THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF BILL MERLINE (SWRI) IN THE FIELD OF ASTEROID SATELLITE DISCOVERY TO PROVIDE A ONE TIME MONETARY PRIZE SIMILAR TO PRIZES OFFERED IN PRIOR CENTURIES FOR SIMILAR TYPE DISCOVERIES

AWARD MONETARY PRIZE AND CERTIFICATE MONETARY AWARD: $1,000 CONTRIBUTED BY P. MALEY $1,000 CONTRIBUTED BY R. NUGENT $1,000 ANONYMOUS CONTRIBUTION ● CERTIFICATE AWARD: Confirming organization or individual(s)

MONETARY AWARD ELGIBILITY CURRENT IOTA MEMBERS WORLDWIDE ONLY PROFESSIONAL ASTRONOMERS INELIGIBLE DISCOVERY / CONFIRMATION COULD BE RETROACTIVE DISCOVERY MUST BE ACCOMPLISHED USING IOTA METHODOLOGY THROUGH OCCULTATION TIMING ONLY METHODOLOGY: 1 OR MORE FIXED OR MOBILE TIME INSERTED GPS VIDEO SITES

DRAFT GUIDELINES SEPARATE ONLINE DOCUMENT WILL DEFINE DETAILED STEPS OF AWARD PROCESS (TO BE POSTED LATER)

VALIDATION STAGE-1 OCCULTATION CANDIDATES OBSERVED: NEO, MBA, DWARF PLANETS PERMITTED ELECTRONICALLY RECORDED DATA MUST BE SUBMITTED TO IOTA FIRST INITIAL REVIEW CONDUCTED BY IOTA OFFICERS IOTA & DISCOVERER(S) DEVELOP REPORT FOR IAU IF REPORT HOLDS UP, CONFIRMATION REQUIRED BY INDEPENDENT PARTY#1 WITH INDEPENDENT TECHNIQUE PRELIMINARY ORBIT MUST BE DEFINED

VALIDATION STAGE-2 CONFIRMATION BY ANOTHER INDEPENDENT TEAM AND METHOD (AO, RADAR, SATELLITE OBSERVATION, LIGHT CURVES, ETC.) VALIDATION PANEL ESTABLISHED AFTER INITIAL IOTA REVIEW, CONTINUES THROUGH ENTIRE PROCESS VALIDATION PANEL SUBMITS RECOMMENDATION TO IAU IOTA CONFERS AWARD AFTER IAU VALIDATION

IAU “PROVISIONAL” DESIGNATION NOT CONSIDERED A VALID CONFIRMATION SINCE THERE ARE OBJECTS WITH THAT DESIGNATION WHICH MAY NOT EXIST PROVISIONAL DESIGNATION IS A PLACEHOLDER ONLY

AWARD DISTRIBUTION MONETARY AWARD GOES ONLY TO DISCOVERER(S) IF >1 DISCOVERER, MONEY IS EVENLY DIVIDED CERTIFICATE TO ALL OTHERS IN THE PROCESS FINAL AWARD DETERMINATION TO BE DECIDED BY IOTA AFTER INITIAL PANEL RECOMMENDATION & IAU CONCURRENCE

IMPORTANT DEVELOPMENT On July 11, 2014, IAU agreed on their participation in the award process

RECOMMENDATION DOCUMENT AND ADVERTISE AWARD ON IOTA WEB PAGE AND OTHER MEDIA AS OFFICERS SEE FIT I HAVE PREPARED A TEMPORARY WEB PAGE FOR THE AWARD which will go ‘live’ once any open items have been resolved

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