What's New
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2002 Part 2

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31 December 2002:

• 31,539 hits in December!

• updated "Solar system objects: orbital data", "Solar system objects: physical data and discovery dates", "Solar system objects: above data for the planets and largest other objects" and corrected "Phobos" (Astronomy and Space)
• modified Other Policy Issues main page

• separated page for renderings of Europa and added two renderings to "Space Art--Europa" (Space Art)
• added one new rendering to "Space Art--Mars" and one to "Space Art--Jupiter" (Space Art)
• modified "Space Art--Mercury", "Space Art--The Earth", and "Space Art--The Moon" (Space Art)
• modified "Planetary maps" and replaced the maps of the Earth, the Earth fully unglaciated, the Moon, Jupiter, Europa, Miranda, and Triton with larger versions (Space Art)

• modified "Some scientific data on the ozone issue" and made separate pages for "Ozone column at Arosa, Switzerland, 1925-2002", "Average ozone in equatorial zone, 1978-2002", "Average ozone in equatorial and north temperate zones, 1978-2002", "Global and hemispheric average ozone, 1996-2002", "Ozone column at five U.S. sites, 1964-1998", "Measured ozone column and UV-B levels, 1974-1986", "Atmospheric concentrations of two CFCs, 1977-2002", and "Ozone column measurements vs. atmospheric chlorine inventory" (Environmental Topics)

• updated and corrected "List of Southern Baptist and other organizations/entities", "Southern Baptist state conventions", "Largest Baptist conventions in the United States", "Southern Baptists: statistical data", "List of SBC convention meetings", "Requirement for affiliation with the SBTC", "Evaluation of the BGCT Christian Life Commission's Abortion and the Christian Life, 1994 revision," and "SBTC on the inerrancy of Genesis" (Baptist Resources) and Baptist Resources main page

• added "Space probe flybys: closest approach data" and modified "Selected astronomy news" (Astronomy and Space) and Astronomy and Space main page

• added "2001 QC298" and updated "Asteroids with satellites", "Asteroids with satellites: summary data", and "Trans-Neptunian objects" (Astronomy and Space)
• added "Comparison of SBTC and BGCT budgets, 2003" and modified "Preliminary review of the report "An Historical Perspective", "SBTC budget data, 1999-2003", "Baptist issues and documents" (Baptist Resources), and Baptist Resources main page
• updated "Chronology of terrorist attacks in Israel", "List of worst terrorist acts", and "Incidents of mass casualty terrorism" (Terrorism)
• modified "Terragen pictures X" (Space Art)

• updated "Chronology of terrorist attacks in Israel" and "Summary of terrorist attacks in Israel" (Terrorism)
• updated "List of trans-Neptunian objects" and "Trans-Neptunian objects" (Astronomy and Space)
• modified "Jupiter and its satellites" (Astronomy and Space)

• updated "Known populations of solar system objects" (Astronomy and Space)

• added "Text of President George W. Bush's remarks to the United Nations General Assembly" and "Text of President George W. Bush's address regarding Iraq" (Terrorism)

• 40,488 hits in November 2002

• updated "A solar system photo gallery", "Asteroids", "Saturn and its satellites", "Uranus and its satellites", "Neptune and its satellites", and "Pluto, Charon, and comets" (Astronomy and Space)

• 200,000 hits to date!

• updated "List of trans-Neptunian objects" and "Trans-Neptunian objects" (Astronomy and Space)
• updated "The inner planets", "Asteroids", "Jupiter and its satellites", "Saturn and its satellites", "Uranus and its satellites", "Neptune and its satellites", and "Pluto, Charon, and comets" (Astronomy and Space)

• updated "Yossef Bodansky: some writings" (Terrorism)

• added "Preliminary review of the report "An Historical Perspective" (Baptist Resources)
• updated/modified "Baptist issues and documents", "Studies by Texas Baptist churches", "List of SBC convention meetings", "List of BGCT convention meetings", and "Southern Baptists: statistical data" (Baptist Resouces)
• updated "List of trans-Neptunian objects" and "Trans-Neptunian objects" (Astronomy and Space)
• updated "Chronology of terrorist attacks in Israel", "Summary of terrorist attacks in Israel", and "Yossef Bodansky: some writings" (Terrorism)
• updated "Topical index to Johnston's Archive" (Home page)

• added "A solar system photo gallery", "The inner planets", "Asteroids", "Jupiter and its satellites", "Saturn and its satellites", "Uranus and its satellites", "Neptune and its satellites", and "Pluto, Charon, and comets" (Astronomy and Space) and modified Astronomy and Space main page
• updated "List of trans-Neptunian objects" and "Trans-Neptunian objects" (Astronomy and Space)
• added "Terragen pictures page X" and modified "Terragen pictures index" (Space Art)

• updated "Chronology of terrorist attacks in Israel" and "Summary of terrorist attacks in Israel" (Terrorism)

• added "Historical abortion statistics--Alberta", "British Columbia", "Manitoba", "New Brunswick", "Newfoundland and Labrador", "Northwest Territories", "Nova Scotia", "Nunavut", "Ontario", "Prince Edward Island", "Quebec", "Saskatchewan", and "Yukon Territory" (Other Policy Issues)
• modified "Abortion statistics" and "Sources for Abortion Statistics" (Other Policy Issues)

• corrected "Historical abortion statistics--Canada", modified "Historical abortion statistics--Texas (USA)", and corrected "Abortion statistics" (Other Policy Issues)
• modified "Orbits of largest TNOs" and "Trans-Neptunian objects" (Astronomy and Space)

• added "TNO/centaur diameters vs. magnitude" (Astronomy and Space)
• modified "List of trans-Neptunian objects" and "Trans-Neptunian objects" (Astronomy and Space)
• modified "Incidents of mass casualty terrorism" (Terrorism)

• corrected "List of trans-Neptunian objects" and "Trans-Neptunian objects" (Astronomy and Space)
• updated "Chronology of terrorist attacks in Israel" and "Summary of terrorist attacks in Israel" (Terrorism)

• added "Abortion rates in the United States, 1970-2000" and modified "Abortion statistics" (Other Policy Issues) and Other Policy Issues main page
• modified "Historical data relating to the ozone layer" (Environmental Topics)

• added "SBTC budget data", expanded "SBC resolutions on abortion", and modified "Baptist issues and documents" (Baptist Resources)

• updated "List of Trans-Neptunian objects" and "Trans-Neptunian objects" (Astronomy and Space)
• corrected "Binary pulsar PSR B1913+16" and "List of pulsars in binary systems" (Relativity)
• expanded "Data on international terrorism" (Terrorism) and modified Terrorism main page
• updated "Deadliest terrorist strikes in the United States", "Incidents of Mass Casualty Terrorism", and "Some recommended terrorism and counterterrorism documents" (Terrorism)
• modified Other Policy Issues main page and Other Information Resources main page
• added "List of SBTC Convention Meetings" and "Observations at the SBTC 2002 Convention" (Baptist Resources)
• corrected "List of SBC Convention Meetings", "List of BGCT Convention Meetings", modified "Baptist Issues and Documents" (Baptist Resources) and Baptist Resources main page
• updated "Requirements for affiliation with the SBTC", "SBTC Resolutions on Abortion", and "Priesthood of the Believer in the Baptist Faith and Message" (Baptist Resources)
• added "Terragen pictures page IX" and modified "Terragen pictures index" (Space Art)

• 33,423 hits in October 2002!

• updated "Incidents of mass casualty terrorism" and "List of worst terrorist acts" (Terrorism)

• corrected and updated "List of Trans-Neptunian objects" and "Trans-Neptunian objects" (Astronomy and Space)
• updated "Sources for abortion statistics" (Other Policy Issues)

• updated "Historical abortion statistics: Canada" (Other Policy Issues)
• updated "Number of earthquakes by year" (Other Information Resources)
• updated "Trans-Neptunian objects" (Astronomy and Space)

• added "Number of earthquakes by year" (Other Information Resources)
• updated "Known populations of solar system objects" (Astronomy and Space)
• updated "Chronology of terrorist attacks in Israel" and "Summary of terrorist attacks in Israel" (Terrorism)
• updated "Topical index to Johnston's Archive" (Home page)

• corrected "(121) Hermione and S/2002 (121) 1" (Astronomy and Space)
• updated "Chronology of terrorist attacks in Israel" and "Summary of terrorist attacks in Israel" (Terrorism)
• updated "Historical abortion statistics (USA): Florida" and "Massachusetts" (Other Policy Issues)
• updated "Topical index of Johnston's Archive" (Home page)

• updated "Summary of registered abortions worldwide, through 2002" and "Historical abortion statistics: Nebraska (USA)" (Other Policy Issues)

• added "Historical abortion statistics (USA): Alabama", "Alaska", "Arizona", "Arkansas", "California", "Colorado", "Connecticut", "Delaware", "District of Columbia", "Florida", "Georgia", "Hawaii", "Idaho", "Indiana", "Iowa", "Kansas", "Kentucky", "Louisiana", "Maine", "Maryland", "Massachusetts", "Michigan", "Minnesota", "Mississippi", "Missouri", "Montana", "Nebraska", "Nevada", "New Hampshire", "New Jersey", "New Mexico", "New York", "North Carolina", "Ohio", "Oklahoma", "Oregon", "Pennsylvania", "Rhode Island", "South Carolina", "South Dakota", "Utah", "Vermont", "Virginia", "West Viriginia", "Wisconsin", and "Wyoming" (Other Policy Issues)
• updated "Abortion statistics", "Historical abortion statistics (USA): Illinois", "North Dakota", "Tennessee", "Texas", and "Washington" (Other Policy Issues)
• updated "Incidents of mass casualty terrorism" and "List of worst terrorist acts" (Terrorism)

• added "Historical abortion statistics (USA): Illinois", "North Dakota", "Tennessee", and "Washington" (Other Policy Issues)
• updated "Historical abortion statistics: United States", "Abortion statistics", "Percentage of pregnancies aborted--by percentage" and "by country" (Other Policy Issues)

• updated "Solar system objects: orbital data", "Solar system objects: physical data and discovery dates", "Solar system objects: above data for the planets and largest other objects", "Trans-Neptunian objects", and "List of trans-Neptunian objects" (Astronomy and Space)

• added "1998 RO1" (Astronomy and Space)
• updated "Asteroids with satellites" and "Asteroids with satellites: summary data table" (Astronomy and Space)
• modified "Historical abortion statistics: United States" (Other Policy Issues)

• updated "Historical abortion statistics: Azerbaijan", "Belarus", "Croatia", "Czech Republic", "Estonia", "France", "Georgia", "FR Germany", "Greece", "Italy", "Lithuania", "Macedonia", "Moldova", "Netherlands", "Russia", "Slovakia", "Slovenia", "Sweden", "Switzerland", "Ukraine", "United Kingdom", and "Yugoslavia" (Other Policy Issues)
• updated "Abortion statistics", "Summary of registered abortions worldwide, through 2002", "Percentage of pregnancies aborted--by percentage" and "by country" (Other Policy Issues)
• added "Terragen pictures page VIII" and modified "Terragen pictures index" (Space Art)
• corrected "Summary of terrorist attacks in Israel" (Terrorism)
• updated "Topical index of Johnston's Archive" and corrected "About me" (Home page)

• added "Historical abortion statistics: Bosnia and Herzegovina" (Other Policy Issues)
• updated "Historical abortion statistics: "Azerbaijan", "Belarus", "Belgium", "Croatia", "Czech Republic", "Denmark", "Estonia", "Finland", "France, "East Germany", "Hungary", "Latvia", "Norway", "Poland", "Russia", "Slovakia", and "Switzerland" (Other Policy Issues)

• added "(121) Hermione and S/2002 (121) 1" (Astronomy and Space)
• updated "Asteroids with satellites", "Asteroids with satellites: summary data table", "Known populations of solar system objects", "Solar system objects: orbital data", "Solar system objects: physical data and discovery dates", and "List of IAU preliminary designations of natural satellites" (Astronomy and Space)
• added "Historical abortion statistics: Austria" (Other Policy Issues)
• updated "Historical abortion statistics: Albania", "Armenia", "Bulgaria", "Croatia", "Estonia", "Iceland", "Ireland", "Poland", "Romania", "Spain", and "Turkey" (Other Policy Issues)
• updated "Abortion statistics", "Summary of registered abortions worldwide, through 2002", "Percentage of pregnancies aborted--by percentage" and "by country" (Other Policy Issues)

• updated "Historical abortion statistics: Greenland", "South Korea", "Norway", and "Sweden" (Other Policy Issues)
• updated "Abortion Statistics", "Summary of registered abortions worldwide, through 2002", "Percentage of pregnancies aborted in various countries--by country", and "by percentage", and eliminated "Percentage of pregnancies aborted in various countries--by year of most recent data" (Other Policy Issues)
• added "Summary of terrorist attacks in Israel" (Terrorism)
• updated "Chronology of terrorist attacks in Israel" (Terrorism) and Terrorism main page
• updated "Gravity gradient noise from ground waves" (Relativistic Physics)
• modified Home page

• 16,938 hits in September!

• updated "Summary of registered abortions worldwide, through 2002", "Percentage of pregnancies aborted in various countries--by country", "by percentage", and "by year of most recent data" (Other Policy Issues)
• updated "Cylindrical planetary maps on the Internet" (Space Art)

• updated "(26308) 1998 SM165", "(47171) 1999 TC36", "1998 WW31", "2001 QT297", "2001 QW322", and "Asteroids with satellites: summary data table" (Astronomy and Space)
• updated "List of trans-Neptunian objects", "Solar system objects: orbital data", and "Solar system objects: physical data and discovery dates" (Astronomy and Space)

• updated "Chronology of terrorist attacks in Israel" (Terrorism)

• modified "About me" (Home page)

• updated "(47171) 1999 TC36", "Asteroids with satellites", and "Asteroids with satellites: summary data" (Astronomy and Space)
• updated "Trans-Neptunian objects" and "List of trans-Neptunian objects" (Astronomy and Space)
• updated "Chronology of terrorist attacks in Israel" (Terrorism)
• updated "Solar system objects: data for largest objects" (Astronomy and Space)

• modified "Information for students visiting LIGO" (Relativistic Physics)
• modified "Osama bin Laden and nuclear weapons" (Nuclear Weapons)

• added "List of criticality accidents" (Nuclear Weapons) and modified Nuclear Weapons main page
• updated "List of trans-Neptunian objects" (Astronomy and Space)
• modified "Graph of orbits of largest TNOs" and "Trans-Neptunian objects" (Astronomy and Space)

• updated graphs at "Trans-Neptunian objects" (Astronomy and Space)
• updated "About me" (Home page)

• updated "Trans-Neptunian objects" (Astronomy and Space)

• updated "1997 CQ29", "2000 CF105", "2001 QT297", "Asteroids with satellites", "Asteroids with satellites: summary data" (Astronomy and Space)
• updated "Chronology of terrorist attacks in Israel" (Terrorism)
• updated "List of Steamboat Geyser eruptions" (Geysers)
• updated "Cylindrical planetary maps on the Internet" (Space Art) and Space Art main page
• added "Terragen pictures VII" and modified "Terragen pictures" index page (Space Art)

• added "Historical abortion statistics: ROC Taiwan" and "Percentage of pregnancies aborted in various countries--by year of most recent data" (Other Policy Issues)
• updated "Historical abortion statistics: Canada", "Cuba", "Czech Republic", "France", "Russia", and "Vietnam" (Other Policy Issues)
• updated "Summary of registered abortions worldwide, through 2002", "Percentage of pregnancies aborted in various countries--by country" and "by percentage", and "Abortion statistics" (Other Policy Issues)

• updated "Dirty bombs and other radiological weapons" (Nuclear Weapons)

• added "Using astronomy and space to teach solar energy" (Other Information Resources) and modified Other Information Resources main page

• updated "Historical abortion statistics: P.R. China" and "Summary of registered abortions worldwide, through 2002" (Other Policy Issues)

• added "Panoramic view of LIGO Hanford site" (Relativistic Physics)
• modified "LIGO Hanford site" (Relativistic Physics) and Relativistic Physics main page

• added "Terragen pictures" index page and modified "Terragen pictures I", "II", "III", "IV", "V", and "VI" (Space Art)
• updated "Historical abortion statistics: Belgium", "Bulgaria", "Czechoslovakia", "East Germany", "Finland", "FR Germany", "Hungary", "Ireland", "Poland", "Romania", "Spain", "Sweden", "United States", and "Yugoslavia" (Other Policy Issues)
• updated "Summary of registered abortions worldwide, through 2002", "Sources for abortion statistics", and "Graph of United States births and abortions, 1935-2000" (Other Policy Issues)
• updated "Chronology of terrorist attacks in Israel" (Terrorism)

• added "LIGO Hanford site" (Relativistic Physics)
• updated "P.R. China: historical abortion statistics" (Other Policy Issues)
• updated "Topical index" (Home page)
• 14,408 hits in August 2002

• updated "P.R. China: historical abortion statistics", "Summary of registered abortions worldwide, through 2002", "Percentage of pregnancies aborted in various countries--by country" and "by percentage" (Other Policy Issues)
• modified "Ratio of component sizes vs. separation for binary minor planets" (Astronomy and Space)
• modified Nuclear Weapons main page and Terrorism main page

• added "Dirty Bombs and Other Radiological Weapons" (Nuclear Weapons)
• updated "Tom Clancy: some reading picks" (Reading)

• updated "Known populations of solar system objects" (Astronomy and Space)
• separated "Some recommended environmental documents" from Environmental Topics main page
• separated "Some recommended nuclear weapon documents" from Nuclear Weapons main page
• separated "Some recommended terrorism and counterterrorism documents" from Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Unconventional Warfare main page
• separated "Some recommended policy issue documents" from Other Policy Issues main page
• separated "What's New at Johnston's Archive--2002 Part 1" and "What's New at Johnston's Archive--2002 Part 2" and modified "What's New at Johnston's Archive" and "What's New at Johnston's Archive in 2001" (Home page)
• modified "Asteroids with Satellites" (Astronomy and Space), "About me" (Home page) and Home page
• added "Terragen pictures VI" and modified "Terragen pictures I", "II", "III", "IV", and "V" (Space Art)

• corrected "Graph of ratio of component sizes vs. separation" (Astronomy and Space)
• added "Tropical birds in Brownsville, Texas" (Other Information Resources) and modified Other Information Resources main page

• made separate page for "Asteroids with satellites: summary data" and modified "Asteroids with satellites" (Astronomy and Space)
• updated "1998 ST27", "1999 HF1", and "2002 KK8" (Astronomy and Space)
• updated "List of trans-Neptunian objects" (Astronomy and Space)
• updated "Topical index" (Home page)

• updated "Historical abortion statistics: Australia", "Canada", "England and Wales", "France", "Greenland", "New Zealand", "Northern Ireland", "Russia", "Scotland", "South Africa", "United Kingdom", and "United States" (Other Policy Issues)
• updated "Summary of registered abortions worldwide, through 2002", "Percentage of pregnancies aborted in various countries--by country", and "by percentage" (Other Policy Issues)

• added "Summary of registered abortions worldwide, through 2002" and modified "Abortion statistics" (Other Policy Issues)
• updated "Historical abortion statistics: PR China", "England and Wales", "Northern Ireland", "Seychelles", "United Kingdom", "Vietnam", and "Zambia" (Other Policy Issues)
• updated "Percentage of pregnancies aborted in various countries--by country" and "by percentage" (Other Policy Issues)

• updated "Historical abortion statistics: Albania", "Armenia", "Australia", "Azerbaijan", "Belarus", "Belgium", "Belize", "Bermuda", "Botswana", "Bulgaria", "Canada", "Channel Islands", "Chile", "PR China", "Croatia", "Cuba", "Czech Republic", "Denmark", "Estonia", "Finland", "France", "Georgia", "FR Germany", "Greece", "Hong Kong", "Hungary", "Iceland", "Israel", "Italy", "Kazakhstan", "Kyrgystan", "Latvia", "Lithuania", "Macedonia", "Moldova", "Mongolia", "Netherlands", "New Zealand", "Norway", "Panama", "Poland", "Puerto Rico", "Reunion", "Romania", "Russia", "Saint Helena", "Seychelles", "Slovakia", "Slovenia", "South Africa", "South Korea", "Spain", "Sweden", "Switzerland", "Tajikistan", "Tunisia", "Turkey", "Turkmenistan", "Ukraine", "United Kingdom", "Uzbekistan", and "Yugoslavia" (Other Policy Issues)
• updated "Percentage of pregnancies aborted in various countries--by country" and "by percentage" (Other Policy Issues)
• updated "Topical index" (Home page)

• added "Gravity gradient noise from ground waves" (Relativistic Physics)
• added "LIGO report 2002:" "part 0", "part 1", "part 2", "part 3", and "part 4" (Relativistic Physics) and modified Relativistic Physics main page
• modified "About me" (Home page)

• added "Historical abortion statistics: Dominican Republic" (Other Policy Issues)
• modified "Historical abortion statistics: Greenland", "Mexico", and "Singapore" and "Abortion statistics" (Other Policy Issues)
• updated "Chronology of terrorist attacks in Israel" (Terrorism)
• modified home page

• 100,000 hits since 1 June 2001!

• 12,292 hits in July 2002!

• updated "Cost of a first class U.S. postage stamp (Other Information Resources)
• added "Topical index of Johnston's Archive" (Home page)
• compiled some statistics on this site: 422 pages, 1,723 external links, 9.9 megabytes, 86,863 hits to date.

• added "Comets: graphs of orbital data" (Astronomy and Space) and modified Astronomy and Space main page
• updated "Extrasolar planets and brown dwarfs" (Astronomy and Space)

• updated "List of nearby stars: to 20 light years" (Astronomy and Space)

• updated "Known populations of solar system objects" (Astronomy and Space)
• 11,077 hits in June 2002!

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