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"Frosty asteroids and
Project Themis"
Richard Miles Director, BAA Asteroids and Remote Planets Section
BAA Joint Comet-Asteroid Meeting, Milton Keynes, 2012 October 6
Why frosty asteroids?
Active Asteroids: Location of Themis Family
(24) Themis
Phase brightening of asteroids and comet nuclei
Dependence of Opposition Effect on Surface Albedo
(24) Themis
Enigmatic Asteroid: (24) Themis
Project Themis and Project NeilBone
Themis-family asteroid
Project NeilBone-2
Themis-family asteroid
Project NB-3
Themis-family asteroids
SXVR-H18 + V Filter (25% scale) 0.10-m f/2.8 refractor, 11x60s
SXVR-H18 + V Filter (50% scale) 0.10-m f/2.8 refractor, 11x60s
SXVR-H18 + V Filter (100% scale) 0.10-m f/2.8 refractor, 11x60s
Track of asteroid (379) Huenna
VOLUNTEERS REQUIRED !