The AAS has had repeated requests from members for information on
topics likely to be featured in the news media during and immediately
after the national meetings of the Society. The most likely topics
are those featured in press conferences at the meetings.
Here is a list of the press events anticipated at the Chicago meeting,
along with the abstract numbers of the related papers. It is
emphasized that topics are selected on the basis of what we believe is
newsworthy (likely to be reported widely) and that the Society does
not endorse individual scientific results nor judge their scientific
significance.
Monday, 31 May 1999
- 10:00 a.m. Press Conference & Seminar for Science Writers
- "THE COMING SUNSPOT MAXIMUM"
With tutorials from the NOAA Space Environment Center and
the AAS Solar Physics Division Press Officer, and with news and
information based on papers 80.06 and 92.09.
- 12:30 p.m. Press Conference:
- UNUSUAL OBJECTS DISCOVERED IN
THE SLOAN DIGITAL SKY SURVEY AND THE DIGITAL PALOMAR
OBSERVATORY SKY SURVEY-II
Includes reports on paper
73.15 and late paper 4.14
- 2:30 p.m. Seminar for Science Writers:
- TOP TEN DISCOVERIES OF THE MILLENNIUM.
Tutorial by Prof. V. Trimble
Tuesday, 1 June 1999
- 10:00 a.m. Press Conference
- Marking the Fifth Anniversary of
the National Science Foundation's Powerful Radio
Telescope, the Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA):
Based on Session 62 (specific details TBD)
- 12:30 p.m. Press Conference:
- STAR BIRTH IN THE MILKY WAY
Based on papers 68.01,
68.08,
68.10, and
35.01
Wednesday, 2 June 1999
- 10:00 a.m. Press Conference:
- NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN ETA CARINAE
Based on papers 74.03
and 74.04
- 12:30 p.m. Press Conference:
- CIRCUMSTELLAR DISKS & "PLANETARY DEBRIS"
Based on papers 14.01 and 69.07
- 3:30 p.m. Press Preview:
- MERGING NEUTRON STARS ANIMATION
Based on late paper 116.02
Thursday, 3 June 1999
- 9:00 a.m. Press Conference:
- DISCOVERIES OF THE BIGGEST KNOWN MOLECULE IN
THE RADIO SPECTRUM OF INTERSTELLAR MATTER
& OBSERVATIONS OF FORMIC ACID IN HOT MOLECULAR
CLOUD CORES
Based on papers 71.02 and 99.03
