The Role of Amateur Astronomers in Support of the Rosetta and Juno Missions

Presenter(s): Padma A. Yanamandra-Fisher

Affiliation(s): Space Science Institute, Boulder, Colorado, U.S.A.

Session details: Sunday, 2020-04-12 03:30:00, STAR

Abstract

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Biography

The workshop will be led by Padma A. Yanamandra-Fisher, the founder of The PACA Project, with its several successful campaigns such as PACA_ISON (2013), PACA_SidingSpring (2014), PACA_Rosetta67P (2015-16); Total Solar Eclipse (TSE) 2017 and TSE 2019. She is a professional and active observer, focussed on the study of outer planet atmospheres, their ring systems and polarimetric exploration of the solar system. She is a researcher at the Space Science Institute, Boulder, Colorado, U.S.A..