Post #951959
2026-04-06 03:20 UTC
Saw an old friend yesterday. I got to fly on SOFIA for the Arrokoth occultation in 2017. I calculated the ground track we used, and extracted the occultation light curve from very noisy data.
Now at the Pima Air & Space Museum, Tucson, Arizona, USA.
#astrodon #avgeek
Replies (3)
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@simonbp@social.linux.pizza 2026-04-06 03:30
Some memories from back then
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@brianvastag@mas.to 2026-04-06 03:24
@simonbp Sad they retired it. NASA invited me on it once but I wasn't able to go...alas, would've been very cool.
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@Irishmasms@defcon.social 2026-04-07 14:37
@simonbp I got to get a tour during a visit to Ames in 2012-2012 time while I was working there for a hot minute