KBO encounters |
KBO encounters |
Aug 2 2008, 12:53 PM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 6 Joined: 1-August 08 Member No.: 4280 |
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 ? |
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Jun 27 2011, 08:12 PM
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Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8784 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
Dan, re variable stars: No real idea how to filter them out during the initial screening, and apparently neither does the project at this time; looks like they're going to rely on follow-up observations. I've been thinking that most variables are going to appear more point-like than a KBO, but this might not be a valid assumption based on the occasional glimpses of unprocessed imagery around the edges of the main images...they ALL look like KBOs there!
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