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Asteroids & Remote Planets Section Print E-mail
Director Roger Dymock ( This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it )
   
Aims & Objectives

 

Near Earth Asteroids, the numbers continually topped up by those escaping from the Main Belt, have been making headlines for some years - certain impacts (according to the media) always, fortunately, turning in to near misses. After much, and still on-going, discussion Pluto and a number of recently discovered large asteroids have been classified as Dwarf Planets by the International Astronomical Union.

My objective is that the Section should be able to offer something to active, virtual and armchair observers. Areas of interest will eventually include; visual telescopic observations, imaging (photographic, CCD, webcam), virtual observing using on-line resources, orbital motion, the impact hazard, history of discovery and observation, general understanding of the planets and minor planets and space missions to those bodies.

If any of this interests you then please contact the Director.

   
Other Officers
Assistant Director (Astrometry) Peter Birtwhistle
Assistant Director (Occultations) Andrew Elliott
Assistant Director (Photometry) Richard Miles
   
Publications Newsletters are produced monthly and can be found under Members
Only/Downloads.
   
Meetings A section meeting was held on 2nd June 2007. A report is available here .
The next meeting is scheduled for 2009.
   
Website http://homepage.ntlworld.com/roger.dymock/index.htm
   
To Join

If you would like to join the Section please contact the Director at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it or at; 67 Haslar Crescent, Waterlooville, Hants, PO7 6DD

 

 

 

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