Sun City Oro Valley Astronomy Club

OSIRIS-Apophis Explorer Mission: Close-up of an Asteroid

Thursday, September 19, 2024

Event

Thursday, September 19, 2024   7:00pm    Activity Center
  Dr. Bashar Rizk, Research Scientist/Senior Staff Scientist,
      OSIRIS-REx/OCAMS, U of A Lunar and Planetary Laboratory
  
    Dr. Bashar Rizk will present, "OSIRIS-Apophis Explorer Mission: Close-up of an
    Asteroid."

Dr. Rizk is the Lead Instrument Scientist for the Camera Suite on the
    OSIRIS-REx and Apophis Explorer Missions. He will share with us the goals of the
    Apophis Explorer Mission and some of the advanced technology that will be used to
    study the Apophis Asteroid.

If you are not a SCOV resident, entry to the Activity Center will be made possible by a volunteer at the door.  You may text Harold Wood at 559-740-9455 for access to the building.
 

Date: Thursday, September 19, 2024

Time: 7 p.m. - 8:15 p.m. Mountain

Location: Sun City Oro Valley, Arizona
1565A E Rancho Vistoso Blvd
Oro Valley, AZ 85755

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Location Details

Sun City Oro Valley, Arizona
The Sun City Oro Valley Astronomy Club is a chartered club of Sun City Oro Valley. We are located in the town of Oro Valley, a suburb of Tucson, Arizona.

1565A E Rancho Vistoso Blvd
Oro Valley, AZ 85755

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Activity Center, Sun City Oro Valley

Notes:
Monthly speaker programs are held in the Activity Center of Sun City Oro Valley. Star Parties are held behind the Views Restaurant in the golf course gold cart parking lot.

Event Report

Comments and anecdotes about the event:
56 Members plus 9 Guests.

UPCOMING EVENTS

Tue 10/8/2024
6 p.m. - 9 p.m. Mountain 		Stars and Pizza - for Members The Views Golf Cart Parking Lot - behind Restaurant
1555 E Rancho Vistoso Blvd Oro Valley, AZ
Tue 10/8/2024
Star Party - 7 PM - all Welcome The Views Golf Cart Parking Lot - behind Restaurant
1555 E Rancho Vistoso Blvd Oro Valley, AZ
Thu 10/17/2024
7 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. Mountain 		Parker Probe: NASA's Mission to Touch the Sun Sun City Oro Valley, Arizona
1565A E Rancho Vistoso Blvd Oro Valley, AZ
Thu 11/21/2024
7 p.m. - 8:15 p.m. Mountain 		Archeoastronomy: The Night Sky and Ancient People Sun City Oro Valley, Arizona
1565A E Rancho Vistoso Blvd Oro Valley, AZ