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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Feb 7 2019, 08:46 PM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 15 Joined: 17-July 15 Member No.: 7604 |
Got it. I was confused by an earlier post that I now realise was to do with background galaxies. And I understand that an occultation from one spot can only give you position, not direction. But if you observed the same occultation from two places, and the second one happened, say, 20 seconds later, because the places were far apart, don't you get two position estimates that reflect the distance the KBO travelled in that time? I guess that would be only about 100kms, and I'm not sure what accuracy your position estimates would have, but at least in principle that would give you directional information. Or am I missing something?
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