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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Mar 11 2012, 12:34 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 903 Joined: 30-January 05 Member No.: 162 |
Oh, my.
Whodda thought? It was quite difficult going through those pictures and not wanting to flag every little blip, but not wanting to miss maybe a significant little nugget either. I assume most of these 'rocks' won't get much in the way of follow up observation time unless they look really primo for a NH encounter. Still, if any of them have odd or unexpected orbital inclinations or eccentricities, it would be interesting to know and compare to some of the other unusual ones we already know about. BTW, for the objects with multiple images, are there any unexpectedly large brightness variations among the images? Seems like a large brightness variation might be indicative of global dichotomy or an elongated object, making for an object a little more interesting than the others. Hoping the NH team gets a real gem or two for the extended mission! |
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