Session 13. The Quest for Precision

Oral, Chair: J. Hilton, Wednesday, April 13, 2005, 3:05-5:45pm

13.01 Laser Ranging to Vulnerable Targets

P. J. Shelus, B. E. Schutz, C. E. Webb, R. L. Ricklefs, H. J. Rim, S. P. Yoon, J. G. Ries (CSR, University of Texas at Austin)

13.02 Symplectic Integration Methods and Chaos: Timestep Selection and Lyapunov Time

W.I. Newman, A.Y. Lee (UCLA)

13.03 The Case for Explicit Runge-Kutta Nyström Methods

P.W. Sharp (University of Auckland)

13.04 A Genetic Algorithm Approach to Finding Orbit-Orbit Distance Function Stationary Points

M.A. Murison (USNO)

13.05 Eclipse Prediction and Orbit Improvement for Near Earth Asteroids

P. Tricarico, N.C. Hearn, G. Lake, G. Worthey (WSU)

13.06 From Butterflies to Galaxies: Testing Chaotic System Simulation

W. Hayes (University of California, Irvine)

13.07 Precision Astrometry with the Space Interferometry Mission

S. Unwin (JPL/Caltech)