Dec 2006
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2007 AAS/AAPT Joint Meeting, American Astronomical Society Meeting 209, #46.07; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, V
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We are developing a pilot educational outreach program in support of the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (First Light approximately 2012). An important component will be student research using visible & near infrared color photometry to characterize Near Earth Objects, newly discovered asteroids, and other interesting asteroids of known orbits. The project is being designed for Middle school students and enter the curriculum via Earth Science, using asteroid science to teach concepts including the nature and development of terrestrial rocks, meteorites, and asteroid types; earth processes, formation of the Earth, Moon, and solar system, the nature and possible use of near earth resources, and the connection between asteroid impacts and life on earth. We will discuss some of the early work with teachers observing asteroids at Kitt Peak National Observatory as well as future plans using precursor data such as the Sloan Digital Sky Survey.
Croft Steven K.
Pompea Stephen M.
Sparks Robert T.
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