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Contributors to the Handbooks
Responsibilities
| Andrew Elliott | Minor planets and Lunar occultations |
| Andrew Hollis | Pluto orbital elements |
| Andrew Sinclair | Diagrams for rising and setting times for planets |
| Andrew Sinclair | Diagram of appearance of planets |
| Andrew Sinclair | Tables and diagrams for Saturn's satellites |
| Andrew White | Handbook compiler |
| Barry Leggett | Jupiter's satellites |
| Fred Espenak | Solar and lunar eclipses |
| Gary Poyner | Variable star of the year |
| Graham Relf | Uranus and Neptune diagrams |
| John Isles | Double stars and Mira stars |
| John Mason | Meteor diary |
| John Toone | Active galaxy finder chart |
| Jonathan Shanklin | Comets |
| Ken Hall | Lunar librations |
| Max White | Radio time signals |
| Richard McKim | Mars data |
| Richard Miles | Minor planets |
| Roger Dymock | Minor planets |
| Roger Dymock | Pluto charts |
| Sheridan Williams | Calendar |
| Sheridan Williams | Sky diary |
| Sheridan Williams | Visibility of planets |
| Sheridan Williams | Eclipse data |
| Sheridan Williams | Time and Time-table |
| Sheridan Williams | Earth and Sun data |
| Sheridan Williams | Sun ephemeris |
| Sheridan Williams | Moon phases, apsides, rise and set times |
| Sheridan Williams | Sun's selenograhic colongitude |
| Sheridan Williams | Moonrise and moonset |
| Sheridan Williams | Lunar occultations |
| Sheridan Williams | Jupiter ephemeris and central meridians |
| Sheridan Williams | Saturn ephemeris and central meridians |
| Sheridan Williams | Bright stars |
| Sheridan Williams | Elements of planetary orbits |
| Tim Haymes | Minor planets and Lunar occultations |
| Tony Evans | Mercury and Venus ephemerides |
| Tony Evans | Mars ephemeris and central meridian |
| Tony Markham | Eclipsing binaries |
| Val White | Editor |
| Val White | Satellites of Jupiter (text) revision to previous year's data |
| Val White | Revisions to Sun, Moon and Planets data |
| Val White | Revisions to satellites data |
| Val White | Internet resources |
| William Thuillot | Diagrams of Jupiter's satellites |
| Xavier Jubier | Solar and lunar eclipses |
Some resumés
Tony Evans
I studied Theoretical Physics at Birmingham University: BSc(1957), PhD(1960).
After temporary research posts in the USA, Denmark and Brazil, I was appointed to a professorship at the National University, Buenos Aires. After revolution in Argentina, returned to the UK and joined the Physics faculty at Sussex University in 1967, retiring in 1993. Between 1980 and 2001 I was also a 3rd level course tutor for the Open University. My research, published mainly in Nuclear Physics and Journal of Physics (A & G), was in the field of nuclear models. I am still a member of the IOP.
My current interest is in the mechanics of the Solar System and I have computed the Mars, Venus and Mercury ephemerides for the Handbook over the past several years.
Barry Leggett
BSc Maths at Southampton
Computer consultant
Jean Meeus
I am a retired meteorologist (I worked at the Met Office of Brussels Airport), but my main interest is mathematical astronomy (eclipses, occultations, planetary positions and phenomena, asteroids).
I was born in December 1928 and studied mathematics at the university. I like classical music and no interest for sport.
Richard Miles
B.Sc, Ph.D in Physical Chemistry at Bristol Univ.
Retired scientist with special interests in photometry and the studies of asteroids and comets.
I currently maintain all of the sections in the Handbook dealing with Asteroids and Dwarf Planets except for the details on Asteroid Occultations.
Born 1951 and took up an interest in Astronomy when 6 years old following the launch of the first artificial satellites. BAA member since 1966 having been involved in most branches of Astronomy fostering pro-am cooperation and encouraging public understanding and appreciation of the subject.
Sheridan Williams
FRAS
I am the Director of the Computing Section of the British Astronomical Association, and a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society. As a mathematician I coordinate and provide a lot of data for the BAA Handbook. My particular interest is eclipses and I have seen 11 total solar eclipses. I am the secretary of the Open University Astronomy Club. I also am the "astronomy expert" for several travel companies including Astro-Expedition and taken groups to witness astronomical events such as eclipses, aurorae and meteor showers. This has taken me to places as diverse as Siberia, the Atacama Desert in Peru, Madagascar, the Gobi desert in China, Libya and many other places.
My career started as a "Rocket Scientist" with the Ministry of Defence using analogue computers. After that I was senior lecturer in computer science at various colleges. Around that time I formed a computer company which ran successfully for 20 years before retiring in 2000. Apart from my work in the BAA, I now do voluntary work at Bletchley Park's National Museum of Computing, and provide computer support to partially sighted members of the RNIB (Royal National Institute for the Blind).
