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CARL HERGENROTHER
& DOLORES HILL
OSIRIS-REX SCIENCE TEAM MEMBER
LUNAR AND PLANETARY LABORATORY
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA
TUCSON, ARIZONA, USA
Southwest Astrophotography Seminar
Day 1
October 30, 2014
A LITTLE ABOUT ME
Associate Staff Scientist at the Lunar and Planetary Lab, University
of Arizona
Graduate of the University of Arizona (B.S. Atmo Sciences, 1997)
Past work with the Catalina Sky Survey (discovered 4 comets and
a bunch of asteroids) and Minor Planet Center
Current Asteroid Astronomy and Astrometry & Photometry Leads
for the OSIRIS-REx mission
into a World!
INTRODUCING OSIRIS-REX
WHAT IS OSIRIS-REX?
http://www.youtube.com/OSIRISREx
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OSIRIS-REX IN ACTION
Video at
http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgibin/details.cgi?aid=10960
SAMPLE COLLECTION
Video at
http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgibin/details.cgi?aid=10960
THE
SPACECRAFT
Its a small but mighty spacecraft!
THE INSTRUMENTS
SRC
THE INSTRUMENTS
(101955) Bennu
Launch in 2016
Arrive at Bennu in 2018
Acquire Sample of Bennu in 2019
Return Sample to Earth in 2023
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600,000+
Asteroids
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10,000+
Near-Earth
Asteroids
600,000+
Asteroids
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750+
on optimal orbits for sample return
10,000+
Near-Earth
Asteroids
600,000+
Asteroids
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80
with diameters
greater than 200 meters
700+
on optimal orbits for sample return
10,000+
Near-Earth
Asteroids
600,000+
Asteroids
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are spectrally classified
80
with diameters
greater than 200 meters
700+
on optimal orbits for sample return
10,000+
Near-Earth
Asteroids
600,000+
Asteroids
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7
are carbonaceous
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are spectrally classified
80
with diameters
greater than 200 meters
700+
on optimal orbits for sample return
10,000+
Near-Earth
Asteroids
600,000+
Asteroids
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(101955)
Bennu
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are carbonaceous
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are spectrally classified
80
with diameters
greater than 200 meters
700+
on optimal orbits for sample return
10,000+
Near-Earth
Asteroids
600,000+
Asteroids
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LIGHTCURVE PHOTOMETRY
o The most common type of asteroid physical observation is
lightcurve photometry
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LIGHTCURVE PHOTOMETRY
o The most common type of asteroid physical observation is
lightcurve photometry
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LIGHTCURVE PHOTOMETRY
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LIGHTCURVE PHOTOMETRY
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LIGHTCURVE PHOTOMETRY
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LIGHTCURVE PHOTOMETRY
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Linear slope
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2002 GT
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Linear slope
=
Albedo
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Linear slope
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Albedo
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Linear slope
=
Albedo
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TAXONOMY
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X-TYPE / OR NICKEL-IRON
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TAXONOMY
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Reflectance spectra of 5563 m fraction of the acidinsoluble matter from the Murchison CM2 chondrite as
a function of viewing geometry; spectra measured at
RELAB. From Cloutis et al. (2011).
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V-R
B-V
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http://www.asteroidmission.org/get-involved/target-asteroids/
Carl Hergenrother
chergen@lpl.arizona.edu
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Dolores Hill
dhill@lpl.arizona.edu
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Thank you!
Questions?
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