Contact:

My curiculum vitae (a short version).

Current Projects:

• Spacewatch Survey for Near Earth Asteroids

Research Interests:

• Origin and evolution of Comets
• Observation of Comets
• Origin and size of P/Shoemaker-Levy 9
• Surveying for Near Earth Asteroids and the Impact Hazard

Memberships:

• International Association of Astronomical Artists (IAAA)

Selected Recent Publications:

• Bailey, M.E., Emel'yanenko, V.V, Hahn, G., Harris, N.W., Hughes, K.A., Muinonen, K., & Scotti, J.V. 1996. ``Orbital Evolution of Comet 1995 O1 Hale-Bopp'' M.N.R.A.S. 281, 915-924.
• Scotti, J.V. 1996. ``Near-Earth Object Surveying in the late 20th Century'' Completing the Inventory of the Solar System (T. Rettig, ed.), ASP conference series.
Figure 1, Figure 2, Figure 3.
• Scotti, J.V., & Jedicke, R. 1996. ``Observation of small Solar System objects with Spacewatch'' I.A.U. Symposium 172 (S. Ferraz-Mello, ed.) Invited Review 1996.
• Scotti, J.V., 1994. ``Computer aided Near-Earth object detection.'' in Asteroids, Comets, Meteors 1993, (A. Milani, M. DiMartino, A. Cellino, eds.) Invited Review, Kluwer, 17-30.
• Scotti, J.V., & Melosh, H.J., 1993. ``Estmate of the size of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 from a tidal breakup model.'' Nature 365, 733-735.
• Scotti, J.V., Gehrels, T., & Rabinowitz, D.L., 1992. ``Automated detection of Asteroids in real-time with the Spacewatch Telescope.'' in Asteroids, Comets, Meteors 1991 (A. Harris, E. Bowell, eds.) Lunar and Planetary Institute (Houston), 541-544.
• Scotti, J.V., Rabinowitz, D.L., Marsden, B.G., 1991. ``Near miss of the Earth by a small Asteroid.'' Nature 354, 287-289.

Hobbies & Interests:

Astronomy (nice to have a profession and a hobby all at once!), Space (especially Apollo), Painting (Oil, acrylic, airbrush, especially Space art), Photography (Landscapes, special effects, existing light & astrophotography), Science Fiction (especially Star Trek and Babylon 5), Hiking, Softball, Computers, & Sports (Golf, Baseball, Hockey - Any UA Wildcat events!).

Check out some of my links:

• My comet page.
• My Apollo page
• New Links page (new on 2000 August 17)
• Selected Spacewatch images
• Photography
• Art (mostly space art)
• The Looney Lab Softball team.

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