2024-01: Analyzing Stellar Occultation Data
2024-01: Analyzing Stellar Occultation Data
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Summary:
Summary:
Constellations Research Fellows spent the day at Chabot Space and Science Center with Dr. John Keller of the Fiske Planetarium at the University of Colorado Boulder. Research Fellows had the opportunity to learn how to analyze occultation data by reanalyzing a dataset from an occultation by Leucus of a 14th magnitude star collected by 22 Lucy telescope teams on November 18, 2018 in Texas. Research Fellows re-created and confirmed the shape profile of Leucus for this event, and obtained information about the orbit of the asteroid. This information allows scientists to know where to send the spacecraft ... so it doesnʼt crash, can take the best photos, and get the richest data set.
Facilitators:
Facilitators:
Nancy Stauch
Teacher Lead
Nancy Stauch
Teacher Lead
Ms. Stauch is a Lecturer in the Liberal Studies department, Coordinator of the Secondary Credential Program, and Science Education Advisor at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, California. She teaches courses in the Bailey College of Science Mathematics that support science education and earned a Master’s in Educational Leadership from Cal Poly in 2008.
John Keller
Scientist Lead
John Keller
Scientist Lead
Dr. John Keller is the Director of Fiske Planetarium and a Teaching Professor of Distinction within the Astrophysical and Planetary Sciences Department at the University of Colorado Boulder. Keller is a planetary scientist with research interests in occultations, astronomy education, and teacher preparation.
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