The survey will be used for everything from finding the sources of distant X-ray bursts to catching the glint of asteroids whose orbits cross that of Earth. But the Sloan survey will not stop there. The consortium of cosmologists plans to use the data from Sloan to produce a three-dimensional scale model of a large chunk of the universe. It is quite understandable that the duplication of the name in the author list is assumed to be a misprint and deleted. And we both contributed to that paper.
Confusion is inevitable.
However, the observation of the light they scatter may provide information on their physical properties. To built the reference database required for deriving the physical properties of these fluffy dust aggregates, and to avoid any modification of the particles properties by levitation techniques, it has been suggested to measure the scattering properties of numerous samples under microgravity conditions. Results obtained during parabolic flights show some discrepancy at large phase angles between the results obtained under Earth's gravity and microgravity conditions, the latter, being more reminiscent of solar system observations. The Quadrantid meteor shower is one of the major showers that produces reliable displays every January. However, it is unique amongst the major showers in still not having its parent uniquely identified.