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 Rochester 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, 5 June 2000
- 9:00 AM Press Conference:
- "The Origin of Comet Hale-Bopp"
- Based on paper 11.01.
- 10:30 AM Press Conference:
- "Supermassive Black Holes"
- Based on papers 21.04, 21.08,
21.20,
21.21 and
21.22.
- 12:30 PM Press Conference:
- "Robotic Telescopes"
- Based on papers
19.01,
19.03
and 19.04.
Tuesday, 6 June 2000
- 10:00 AM Press Conference:
- "Powerful Future Observatories
- Next Generation Space Telescope (NGST)
- Expanded Very Large Array (EVLA)"
- Based on paper
23.01
and
Session
30.
- 12:30 PM Press Conference:
- "New Findings from the Chandra X-ray Observatory"
- Based on papers
34.14,
37.04
and
43.03.
Wednesday, 7 June 2000
- 8:30 AM Press Conference: ADDED PRESS CONFERENCE
- "Evidence from the Hubble Space Telescope that Stars Do Collide and
Merge Together"
- Based on papers
41.06
10:00 AM Press Conference:
"Early Findings from the 2DF Survey"
Based on papers
56.05
and
56.06.
