Asteroids & Remote Planets Section Meeting

Saturday 28th Sep 201922:00

The Asteroids & Remote Planets Section meeting for 2019 will be held at Clanfield Memorial Hall, Clanfield, Hampshire.

Doors open from 9:30 and the meeting will close around 17:20.

To be hosted by Hampshire Astronomical Group. This content of this meeting will be approximately 50% asteroids and 50% exoplanets.

Tea and coffee will be provided but attendees will need to purchase lunch in the local area or bring their own. There is a pub (“The Rising Sun”) less than 100 metres away, and two other pubs in opposite directions each about one kilometre from Clanfield Memorial Hall: heading East, “The Hampshire Hog” – a Fullers pub, and heading West, “The Bat and Ball”.

The meeting will be chaired by Richard Miles with the agenda as follows.

09:30	Doors open
10:00-10:15	Richard Miles	Welcome
10:15-10:45	Richard Miles	Asteroid Section status, future projects, mtgs (WWE section mtg, Exoplanet workshop
10:45-11:15	Peter Birtwhistle	Asteroids – subject TBC
11:15-11:45	Tea break
11:45-12:30	Anastasia Kokori	ARIEL and amateur support for mission
12:30-13:30	Lunch break
13:30-14:00	Roger Dymock	Exoplanet Division status, future projects
14:00-14:30	Peta Bosley	Astrobiology, intro to, courses
14:30-15:00	Steve Futcher	Exoplanet projects – mentoring University of Portsmouth students
15:00-15:30	Tea break
15:30-16:00	Tim Haymes	Asteroid occultations
16:00-16:30	Mark Salisbury	Exoplanet transit imaging
16:30-17:00	Martin Fowler	Exoplanet observations using the MicroObservatory Robotic Telescope Network
17:00-17:15	Richard Miles, Roger Dymock, Presenters	Questions and comments from attendees
17:15-17:20	Richard Miles	Closing comments

Venue

Clanfield Memorial Hall, Clanfield, Hampshire, PO8 0RB

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Booking Information

The prices are £3 for BAA members, members of affiliated societies and children under 16, and £5 for non-members.

Bookings for this meeting have now closed.