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xtruel
post Aug 2 2008, 12:53 PM
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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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- xtruel   KBO encounters   Aug 2 2008, 12:53 PM
- - tasp   OK, thanx for that.   Mar 11 2012, 04:06 AM
- - Seryddwr   Thanks for the reply. It turns out I couldn't...   Mar 11 2012, 11:02 PM
- - alan   4 for me, one I missed being the first to spot by ...   Mar 13 2012, 04:28 PM
- - antoniseb   I didn't figure out how to search just for one...   Mar 14 2012, 09:51 PM
|- - stevesliva   ^ The poster on the forum at icehunters said (s)he...   Mar 15 2012, 01:43 AM
- - centsworth_II   Just noticed the following in the IceHunters forum...   Mar 22 2012, 01:10 PM
- - alan   SEARCHING FOR KBO FLYBY TARGETS FOR THE NEW HORIZO...   May 3 2012, 06:34 PM
|- - SFJCody   Will these get minor planet temporary designations...   May 3 2012, 10:52 PM
|- - Marz   QUOTE (SFJCody @ May 3 2012, 04:52 PM) Wi...   Jun 16 2012, 09:18 PM
- - centsworth_II   An interesting video display of KBOs so far found ...   Aug 6 2012, 03:42 PM
- - Explorer1   Anyone else getting a real Star Wars vibe from tho...   Aug 7 2012, 04:45 AM
- - john_s   Also, check out the webcast videos on the New Hori...   Aug 8 2012, 07:36 PM
- - Paolo   posted a few minutes ago on NewHorizons2015 twitte...   Aug 21 2012, 09:51 AM
- - remcook   Oh, that would be nice! Looking forward to the...   Aug 21 2012, 10:51 AM
|- - tedstryk   Looking forward to seeing what this is...distant f...   Aug 21 2012, 01:53 PM
- - Phil Stooke   "FLASH! Our possible KBO encounter in Jan...   Aug 21 2012, 03:53 PM
- - Paolo   also: QUOTE About the Jan 21o5 KBO, It's VNH0...   Aug 21 2012, 04:45 PM
- - stevesliva   Just light curves? Or something more like resolvi...   Aug 21 2012, 05:44 PM
- - Paolo   probably characterization of a KBO at phase angles...   Aug 21 2012, 05:52 PM
- - algorimancer   I wonder whether it would be feasible/worthwhile t...   Aug 21 2012, 06:20 PM
- - Phil Stooke   I would have thought it could not possibly go as d...   Aug 21 2012, 07:55 PM
|- - algorimancer   QUOTE (Phil Stooke @ Aug 21 2012, 01:55 P...   Aug 22 2012, 04:08 PM
- - john_s   Right, our camera aperture is small enough that ev...   Aug 23 2012, 04:13 AM
|- - algorimancer   QUOTE (john_s @ Aug 22 2012, 11:13 PM) .....   Aug 23 2012, 01:10 PM
|- - john_s   QUOTE (algorimancer @ Aug 23 2012, 06:10 ...   Aug 23 2012, 07:07 PM
- - elakdawalla   John, I was talking to someone at LPSC (and now I ...   Aug 23 2012, 04:46 AM
|- - john_s   QUOTE (elakdawalla @ Aug 22 2012, 09:46 P...   Aug 23 2012, 07:03 PM
- - machi   Light curves are useful for many things. This is c...   Aug 23 2012, 08:59 AM
|- - paxdan   Motivation is the determination of basic pr...   Aug 23 2012, 10:26 AM
- - TheAnt   Well at least I did not expect any images taken of...   Aug 28 2012, 03:57 PM
- - Tom Tamlyn   As I was thinking about Alan’s answer, I rem...   Sep 7 2012, 06:18 PM
- - stevesliva   I suppose it's worth asking whether the instru...   Sep 7 2012, 08:09 PM
- - imipak   The NH power charts Tom posted, inline: o`   Sep 7 2012, 08:15 PM
- - Tom Tamlyn   Thanks imipak! Looks great, just what I wanted...   Sep 7 2012, 09:22 PM
|- - dilo   Based on these plots, they should be able to make ...   Sep 8 2012, 01:14 PM
- - hendric   Alan, Do those power margins account for shuttin...   Sep 9 2012, 02:04 AM
|- - Alan Stern   The figures in Glen Fountain's paper do not in...   Sep 9 2012, 09:18 AM
- - Paolo   this in interesting: the search for candidate KBOs...   Sep 9 2012, 12:51 PM
- - morganism   Am a big fan of the KBO post encounter, and threw ...   Sep 10 2012, 11:36 PM
|- - Tom Tamlyn   QUOTE (morganism @ Sep 10 2012, 06:36 PM)...   Sep 11 2012, 06:13 AM
|- - TheAnt   QUOTE (Tom Tamlyn @ Sep 11 2012, 08:13 AM...   Sep 12 2012, 06:30 PM
- - udolein   Candidate for post-Pluto encounter - Plutino 15810...   Sep 20 2012, 06:09 PM
|- - centsworth_II   QUOTE (udolein @ Sep 20 2012, 02:09 PM) C...   Sep 20 2012, 07:21 PM
- - brellis   Looks like there is a pre-Pluto target PS articl...   Oct 10 2012, 11:38 PM
|- - centsworth_II   QUOTE (brellis @ Oct 10 2012, 07:38 PM) L...   Oct 11 2012, 02:18 AM
|- - tdemko   My KBO L5 Neptune Trojan identifying skills seem t...   Oct 12 2012, 12:08 AM
|- - centsworth_II   QUOTE (tdemko @ Oct 11 2012, 08:08 PM) My...   Apr 16 2013, 02:09 AM
|- - tdemko   It's nice to know that I contributed, in some ...   May 7 2013, 04:33 PM
- - Explorer1   Looks like the actual photos won't be any bett...   Oct 11 2012, 02:06 AM
- - Paolo   today on arXiv: New Horizons: Long-Range Kuiper Be...   May 29 2014, 08:10 AM
- - Explorer1   Hubble time secured!   Jun 16 2014, 06:07 PM
- - Floyd   Fantastic!   Jun 16 2014, 06:47 PM
- - Jaro_in_Montreal   " If the test observation identifies at least...   Jun 16 2014, 09:37 PM
- - 0101Morpheus   It is a bet worth taking rather than not doing it ...   Jun 17 2014, 01:12 PM
|- - Mongo   QUOTE (0101Morpheus @ Jun 17 2014, 01:12 ...   Jun 17 2014, 08:21 PM
- - Jaro_in_Montreal   QUOTE We estimate a 78% chance of reaching or exce...   Jun 17 2014, 09:05 PM
- - Fran Ontanaya   I wonder if aerobraking at Pluto would even be pos...   Jun 17 2014, 09:28 PM
- - elakdawalla   Jaro: Glad to be of service Fran: Definitely not...   Jun 17 2014, 09:46 PM
|- - john_s   Just to let everyone know that we have found the r...   Jul 1 2014, 07:09 PM
|- - ngunn   QUOTE (john_s @ Jul 1 2014, 08:09 PM) We ...   Jul 1 2014, 08:31 PM
||- - Jaro_in_Montreal   QUOTE (ngunn @ Jul 1 2014, 09:31 PM) I be...   Jul 2 2014, 07:33 PM
|- - Vultur   QUOTE (john_s @ Jul 1 2014, 07:09 PM) Jus...   Jul 2 2014, 02:11 AM
|- - punkboi   The full Hubble search should be completed in Augu...   Jul 2 2014, 03:02 AM
- - remcook   That looks like it was a very well-written proposa...   Jun 18 2014, 12:01 PM
- - Mongo   Excellent news! Given the detection statistics...   Jul 1 2014, 07:21 PM
- - nprev   John, congratulations to you, Alan, and the team. ...   Jul 2 2014, 03:06 AM
- - Bjorn Jonsson   Awesome news - congratulations.   Jul 2 2014, 11:43 AM
|- - algorithm   Agreed, fantastic news for what could be an even m...   Jul 2 2014, 05:48 PM
- - Paolo   so, the two candidate KBOs now have preliminary de...   Mar 17 2015, 08:28 PM
- - Holder of the Two Leashes   Now that New Horizons appears to be safely beyond ...   Jul 15 2015, 03:13 AM
|- - kap   QUOTE (Holder of the Two Leashes @ Jul 14 201...   Jul 15 2015, 04:34 AM
|- - MahFL   QUOTE (kap @ Jul 15 2015, 04:34 AM) Do yo...   Jul 15 2015, 11:26 AM
- - Holder of the Two Leashes   Probably not so much the hope of a second KBO as s...   Jul 15 2015, 05:17 AM
- - Explorer1   I recall from other missions that it is standard t...   Jul 15 2015, 05:58 AM
- - abalone   Just out of interest, what delta V do each of the ...   Jul 15 2015, 11:32 AM
|- - Paolo   QUOTE (abalone @ Jul 15 2015, 01:32 PM) J...   Jul 15 2015, 12:41 PM
|- - abalone   QUOTE (Paolo @ Jul 15 2015, 11:41 PM) thi...   Jul 15 2015, 12:59 PM
- - climber   Another answer, 100m delta V: https://twitter.com/...   Jul 15 2015, 06:50 PM
|- - abalone   QUOTE (climber @ Jul 16 2015, 04:50 AM) A...   Jul 16 2015, 12:46 PM
- - Floyd   From the paper Paolo cited, the NH has enough prop...   Jul 16 2015, 02:25 PM
|- - Nafnlaus   QUOTE (Floyd @ Jul 16 2015, 02:25 PM) Fro...   Aug 18 2015, 05:26 PM
- - Greenish   What's unsettling about the cone-angle number ...   Jul 17 2015, 06:05 PM
|- - djellison   QUOTE (Greenish @ Jul 17 2015, 11:05 AM) ...   Jul 17 2015, 07:21 PM
|- - Greenish   QUOTE (djellison @ Jul 17 2015, 03:21 PM)...   Jul 20 2015, 06:25 PM
- - Holder of the Two Leashes   It appears they have already completed a program o...   Jul 19 2015, 04:27 AM
- - Holder of the Two Leashes   New article on Spaceflight Now ... Scientist plan...   Aug 12 2015, 06:02 PM
- - hendric   Yes, the original stretch goal was two KBOs, but t...   Aug 18 2015, 07:09 PM
|- - JRehling   Right now, I feel like there's one key observa...   Aug 19 2015, 03:56 PM
- - nprev   "Smaller" is an understatement; the uppe...   Aug 19 2015, 11:52 PM
- - jasedm   I would imagine the camera targeting sequences wil...   Aug 20 2015, 09:41 AM
- - hendric   Well, NH is slowing down the further it goes, but ...   Aug 20 2015, 03:13 PM
|- - Nafnlaus   The issue is not about how they formed, but what...   Aug 20 2015, 04:57 PM
- - Habukaz   Target is selected: 2014 MU69 aka PT1. http://www...   Aug 28 2015, 07:24 PM
- - Gennady Ionov   I added 2014 MU69 target into a set of evaluated p...   Aug 29 2015, 05:09 PM
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