Table mountain observatory support to other programs

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Aug 1988

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1988plas.rept...55h&link_type=abstract

In NASA, Washington, Reports of Planetary Astronomy, p 55-56 (SEE N89-16624 08-89)

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

Asteroids, Astronomical Observatories, Astronomical Photometry, Comets, Rotation, Albedo, Cameras, Occultation, Radar, Telescopes

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The Table Mountain Observatory (TMO) facilities include well equipped 24 inch and 16 inch telescopes with a 40 inch telescope (owned by Pomona College) due for completion during FY 89. This proposal is to provide operational support (equipment maintenance, setup, and observing assistnce) at TMO to other programs. The program currently most heavily supported by this grant is the asteroid photometry program directed by A. W. Harris. During 1987, about 20 asteroids were observed, including a near-earth asteroid, 1951 Midas. The photometric observations are used to derive rotation periods, estimate shapes and pole orientations, and to define the phase relations of asteroids. The E class asteroid 64 Angelina was observed, and showed the same opposition spike observed of 44 Jysa, last year. Comet observations are made with the narrow band camera system of David Rees, University College London. Observational support and training was provided to students and faculty from Claremont Colleges for variable star observing programs. Researchers propose to continue the asteroid program, with emphasis on measuring phase relations of low and high albedo asteroids at very low phase angles, and supporting collaborative studies of asteroid shapes.

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