KBO encounters Options

[xtruel]

Hi,

I’m regular follower of NH and I’m also interested in the 2nd leg of the mission, i.e the 2016+ KBOs encounters. Does anyone know when operations about this leg (starting with searching objects of interest with HST or some other earth-based means, I suppose) are expected to begin ?

[nprev]

Thanks for that comment, Marz. Been wondering if I've been too conservative, actually, but my viewpoint has been that I want to get stuff that's pretty much unmistakable...no idea whether that's the "right" approach, of course. I think that statistically this should balance out well; obviously, one of the key discriminators must be whether multiple observers tag the same pics & objects, and that seems like the best possible filter for the inherent subjectivity of these observations.

Gotta say, though, that this has been FUN!!! If anyone's been on the fence about jumping in, let me tell you there's no reason at all to hesitate; beats the hell out of surfing tired news or whatever when you're on the Web & not doing anything in particular...