Guests: John Batchelor, Dr. Alan Stern, Dr. David Livingston. Topics: New Horizons parallax demo with Proxima Centauri and Wolf 359, Kuiper Belt Objects for new study. You are invited to comment, ask questions, and discuss the Space Show program/guest(s) on the Space Show blog. Comments, questions, and any discussion must be relevant and applicable to Space Show programming. Written Transcripts of Space Show programs are not permitted without prior written consent from The Space Show (even if for personal use) & are a violation of the Space Show copyright. We do not permit the commercial use of any Space Show program or part thereof, nor do we permit Space Show programs to be edited, placed on YouTube, or other private channels & websites. Space Show programs can be quoted in news articles, papers, academic & research work but must be cited or referenced in the proper citation format. Contact Dr. Livingston for questions about our copyright and trademark policies which we do enforce. This program is archived on The Space Show website, podcasting, and blog sites with permission from John Batchelor. Please visit the John Batchelor Show website for more information about this fine program, www.johnbatchelorshow.com. Remember, your Amazon Purchases Can Help Support The Space Show/OGLF (www.onegiantleapfoundation.org/amazon.htm. Please note that audio and transition issues are a result of copying the John Batchelor broadcast & are not within my control as they originate in the Batchelor studio.
John Batchelor and I welcomed back Dr. Alan Stern for a two part program to discuss the New Horizons spacecraft, Pluto, the parallax demonstration with views from the spacecraft and ground based telescopes for the star Wolf 359 and Proxima Centauri. Alan explained parallax and the demonstration to us but you can read about it and see photos on the web. Check it out at www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-01699-6#:~:text=Pluto%20probe%20offers%20eye%2Dpopping%20view%20of%20neighbouring%20star%20Proxima,reaches%20of%20the%20Solar%20System. During our first segment discussion, Alan said the purpose of the parallax experiment was simply to demonstrate parallax and the position of New Horizons made this demonstration possible. He talked about the idea coming from Dr. Lauer but explained how it was a complete team project. We talked specific facts about New Horizons, the instrumentation that was still working as planned and more.
In the second segment, John talked with Alan about the rest of the New Horizons mission, how much fuel was on board and how long New Horizons might continue sending info back to us. He talked about looking for new KBO opportunities for flyby study plus how they were planning to do KBO scans at different intervals to find the new objects to study. We talked about New Horizons move out toward five billion miles from Earth, the speed it was going and more. This was an excellent Hotel Mars discussion. Please note that Dr. Stern will be a full Space Show program guest on Sunday, July 12, 2020.
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