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FWGS April 2021 Virtual Luncheon

Mon, Apr 12

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Special Guest Speaker: Dr. Paul Abell, Chief Scientist for Small Body Exploration

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FWGS April 2021 Virtual Luncheon
FWGS April 2021 Virtual Luncheon

Time & Location

Apr 12, 2021, 11:30 AM – 2:00 PM CDT

Location is TBD

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Event Details

11:30 am Virtual Social Icebreaker, Noon Speaker PresentationTime:

Dr. Paul Abell, NASASpeakers:

Small Object Collision AvoidanceTitle:

This presentation will briefly cover the background of potentially hazardous objects and describe the first planetary defense spacecraft missions that are scheduled to launch this decade.  An update will be given describing  NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission and the European Space Agency (ESA) Hera mission that will both launch to the Didymos  binary near-Earth asteroid system.  DART will impact the smaller secondary asteroid (called Dimorphos) at 6 km/s and Hera will arrive later to rendezvous and characterize both Didymos and Dimorphos.Abstract:

Paul Abell is the Chief Scientist for Small Body Exploration in the Astromaterials Research and Exploration Science Division at the NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. His main areas of interest are physical characterization of near-Earth objects (NEOs) via ground-based and spacecraft observations, examination of NEOs for future robotic an…

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  • FWGS Paid Member

    Virtual meeting ticket for FWGS paid members. FWGS Annual Member dues of $40/year includes free digital access to our monthly luncheons.

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    Virtual meeting tickets for FWGS Students will be free this year.

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    Virtual meeting ticket for non-members. Sign up for our annual membership for free digital access to our monthly luncheons!

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