90 AKNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1960 



At two joint communications meetings held by the Smithsonian 

 Astrophysical Observatory, the National Aeronautics and Space 

 Administration, and the National Space Surveillance Control, steps 

 were taken to eliminate duplication of transmission of satellite infor- 

 mation. Teletype distribution lists were exchanged and areas of 

 responsibility were determined. 



PUBLICATIONS 



Publications of the Smithsonian Contributions to Astrophysics 

 included numbers 6 through 9 of volume 3, number 1 of volume 4, and 

 numbers 1 to 3 of volume 5. The following papers by staff members of 

 the Astrophysical Observatory appeared in various journals: 



Baez, a. v. Graphical derivation of the inverse square law of gravitation from 



an elliptical orbit and Kepler's law of areas. Amer. Journ. Phys., vol. 28, 



p. 254, 1960. 

 Bakos, G. a. The color-magnitude diagram of visual binaries (abstract). 



Astron. Journ., vol. 64, pp. 323-324, 1959. 

 Fechtig, H., Gentner, W., and Kistner, G. Rliumliche Verteilung der Edelgas- 



isotope im Eisenmeteoriten Treysa. Geochim. et Cosmochim. Acta, vol. 18, 



pp. 72-80, 19G0. 

 Fireman, E. L. A program for collecting meteorites. Science, vol. 131, pp. 1824- 



1831, 1960. 

 Fireman, E. L., and DeFelice, J. Argon-39 and tritium in meteorites. Geochim. 



et Cosmochim. Acta, vol. 18, pp. 183-192, 1960. 

 . Argon radioactivity in a recently fallen meteorite — a deep-space probe 



for cosmic rays (abstract). Trans. Amer. Geophys. Union, vol. 41, p. 337. 

 Hynek, J. A. Occulta tion of the bright star Regulus by Venus. Science, vol. 



130, pp. 707-709, 1959. 

 Hynek, J. A., and Stanger, P. C. The compcsite-spectrum star 5 Lacertae. 



Publ. Astron. Soc. Pacific, vol. 71, pp. 310-315, 1959. 

 .Tacchia, L. G. Corpuscular radiation and the secular acceleration of satellites 



(abstract). Astron. Journ., vol. 64, p. 335, 1959. 



. Individual characteristics of meteor families (abstract). Astron. 



Journ., vol. 65, p. 53, 1960. 

 . Letter to editor. Sky and Telescope, vol. 19, p. 473, 1960. 



KozAi, Y. On the motion of a close earth satellite (abstract). Astron. Journ., 



vol. 64, p. 337, 19.59. 

 . The motion of a close earth satellite. Astron. Journ., vol. 64, pp. 367- 



377, 1959. 

 Krook, M. Shock fronts in ionized gases. Ann. Phys., vol. 6, p. 188, 19.59. 

 . Structure of stellar atmospheres. III. Astrophys. Journ., vol. 130, pp. 



28&-295, 1959. 

 . Continuum equations in the dynamics of rarefied gases. Journ. Fluid 



Mechanics, vol. 6, pp. 523-541, 1959. 

 Sterne, T. E. Effect of the rotation of a planetary atmosphere upon the orbit of 



a close satellite. Journ, Amer. Rocket Soc, vol. 29, pp. 777-782, 1959. 

 Veis, G. Geodetic uses of artificial satellites. Smithsonian Contr. Astrophys., 



vol. 3, 95-161, 1960. 

 Whipple, F. L. Solid particles in the solar system. Journ. Geophys. Res., 



vol. 64, pp. 1653-1654, 1959. 

 . Fundamental problems in predicting positions of artificial satellites. 



Proc. Symp. Applied Math., voL 9, pp. 36-47, 1959. 



