Spacewatch, a sister NEO Survey and follow up program here at the Lunar
& Planetary Lab do indeed operate on Kitt Peak. I'm not sure how much
they would be affected, but I can't imagine how their operations would
not be impacted in some way, from facilities closing on the mountain.
--
Richard A. Kowalski
Senior Research Specialist
Catalina Sky Survey
Lunar & Planetary Laboratory
University of Arizona
Tucson, Arizona
From: Bernd V. Pauli <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Monday, November 28, 2011 3:52 PM
Subject: [meteorite-list] Possible reduction or closings on Kitt Peak
Greg kindly wrote:
"So much has been, and will be achieved if the facilities stay open!"
One example out of many others:
Thu, 12 Mar 1998, Ron Baalke posted this (excerpt):
Press Information Sheet: One-Mile-Wide Asteroid To Pass
Closer Than The Moon In 2028:
Recent orbit computations on an asteroid discovered last December
indicate it virtually certain that it will pass within the moon's
distance
of the earth a little more than 30 years from now. The chance of an
actual collision is small, but one is not entirely out of the question.
The asteroid, known as 1997 XF11, was discovered by Jim Scotti in
the course of the Spacewatch program at the University of Arizona.
This program utilizes modern electronic technology on a 36-inch
telescope at * K i t t P e a k * that was built 77 years ago.
Cheers,
Bernd
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