The close flyby of the most distant solar system body yet explored: New Horizons at 2014 MU69, exploring a planetesimal
Event Start:
2019-04-01T15:00:00
Event End:
2019-04-01T16:00:00
Event Information:
On the 1st of January 2019 NASA's New Horizons spacecraft made the most distant encounter with a solar system body yet achieved by humankind. Using targeting and navigational information acquired through the Canada-France Ecliptic Plane Survey and a dedicated CFHT observing program that enable an HST search and then Gaia based navigation, New Horizons flew a mere 3500km over the surface of this tiny world. I will document the processes that made this encounter possible and detail the rich dataset that has now (mostly) arrived back at Earth.
Event Location:
Hennings 318
Speaker:
JJ Kavelaars
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Event Start:
2019-04-01T15:00:00
Event End:
2019-04-01T16:00:00
The close flyby of the most distant solar system body yet explored: New Horizons at 2014 MU69, exploring a planetesimal
Event Information:
On the 1st of January 2019 NASA's New Horizons spacecraft made the most distant encounter with a solar system body yet achieved by humankind. Using targeting and navigational information acquired through the Canada-France Ecliptic Plane Survey and a dedicated CFHT observing program that enable an HST search and then Gaia based navigation, New Horizons flew a mere 3500km over the surface of this tiny world. I will document the processes that made this encounter possible and detail the rich dataset that has now (mostly) arrived back at Earth.
Event Location:
Hennings 318