[BAA Comets] First Announcement: Asteroid-Comet Section Meeting - October 6

[RICHARD MILES]

You are warmly invited to the following meeting:

"OBSERVING PROJECTS WITH ASTEROID-COMET CONNECTIONS"
A joint meeting of the BAA Comet Section and Asteroids and Remote Planets
Section

at 10.00-17.00 hrs on Saturday, 2012 October 6
at the Berrill Lecture Theatre, Berrill Building, The Open University,
Walton Hall, Milton Keynes MK7 6AA


Topics to include:

* Methods in common for observing asteroids and comets

* Discovering comets and asteroids

* Comets masquerading as asteroids

* Asteroids masquerading as comets

* Water ice in asteroids

* Short contributions from members


In addition, there will be keynote lectures by

Dr Simon Green
Senior Lecturer in Planetary and Space Sciences
Department of Physical Sciences,
The Open Universtity, Milton Keynes

Dr Stephen Lowry
Lecturer in Astronomy and Astrophysics
Centre for Astrophysics and Planetary Science
School of Physical Science
University of Kent, Canterbury

Dr Sam Duddy
Post-Doctoral Research Associate
University of Kent, Canterbury

N.B. We are hoping to have a small display area for members' use.
Any member wishing to contribute a short talk should contact Richard Miles
or Guy Hurst.

Travel directions to the Berrill Building can be found at:
http://www3.open.ac.uk/contact/locations.aspx

along with a map of the campus at:
http://www3.open.ac.uk/contact/maps/wh-campus.gif

More details of the programme, catering arrangements for the day, etc. will
be made available in August.

Richard Miles
arps [at] britastro.org

Guy Hurst
guy [at] tahq.demon.co.uk