H'ad Astra Historia - Ep 304: More 'This Month in Astronomical History' Sedna & Lunokhod

Today's 'guest' is HAD's This Month in Astronomical History. I'll be reading more essays from the archives: Emily McMahon's November 2020 essay titled, "Sedna: In the Depths of the Solar System", and Dr. Ken Rumstay's November 2022 essay titled, "Lunokhod 1 - The First Extraterrestrial Rover". Please note that Emily was a high school student when she wrote her essay, so you don't have to be an astronomer or astrophysicist to write for TMIAH.

H'ad astra historia is the official podcast for the Historical Astronomy Division of the American Astronomical Society. We're here to share stories from and about the people who study the stars, planets, and the cosmos. We'll be hearing from individuals who not only study the history of astronomy, but also those who lived it, who were "in the room" during pivotal events within the last 50 years or so.

Podcast theme music: "Frost Waltz" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), licensed under creative commons: by attribution 4.0 license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Loretta Cannon (an AAS affiliate via Rose City Astronomers) is a science-and-word-nerd who really likes outer space and the people who study it. She quite enjoys working as HAD's podcaster, sharing astronomy stories to you.

This Month in Astronomical History:

https://had.aas.org/resources/astro-history

Dr. Mugdha Polimera:

https://www.mugdhapolimera.com/

Sedna: In the Depths of the Solar System

TMIAH Nov 2020 "Sedna: In the Depths of the Solar System":

https://aas.org/posts/news/2020/11/month-astronomical-history-november-2020

Emily McMahon:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/emilykmcmahon/

https://aas242-aas.ipostersessions.com/Default.aspx?s=88-6D-5F-F3-FF-2E-D2-CD-AA-94-0C-FA-DE-FF-11-5E

Sedna (2003 VB12):

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sedna_(dwarf_planet)

Sedna (Inuit legend):

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sedna_(mythology)

Kuiper Belt:

https://science.nasa.gov/solar-system/kuiper-belt/

Oort Cloud:

https://science.nasa.gov/solar-system/oort-cloud/

Palomar Observatory:

https://sites.astro.caltech.edu/palomar/homepage.html

https://sites.astro.caltech.edu/palomar/about/chronology.html

Mike Brown (CalTech):

https://mikebrown.caltech.edu/

Chad Trujillo (NAU, Gemini):

https://directory.nau.edu/person/cat382

https://www.sciencefriday.com/person/chad-trujillo/

David Rabinowitz (Yale):

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_L._Rabinowitz

https://physics.yale.edu/people/david-rabinowitz

Samuel Oschin 48" Schmidt Telescope:

https://sites.astro.caltech.edu/palomar/about/telescopes/oschin.html

Quasar Equatorial Survey Team (QUEST) Camera:

https://www.astro.yale.edu/mschwamb/Quest_La_Silla_KBO_Survey/Telescope_and_Camera.html

SkyMorph program:

https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1998BAAS...30.1036L/abstract

Palomar Sky Survey:

https://voyages.sdss.org/expeditions/expedition-to-galaxies/sky-surveys/the-palomar-sky-survey/

Gemini Telescope:

https://www.gemini.edu/

Keck Observatory:

https://keckobservatory.org/

Hubble Space Telescope:

https://science.nasa.gov/mission/hubble/

NASAs's Dwarf Planets (including Pluto, Eris):

https://science.nasa.gov/dwarf-planets/

Mike Brown's paper describing Sedna's discovery:

https://web.gps.caltech.edu/~mbrown/sedna/#planets

Sedna webpage (by Mike Brown):

https://web.gps.caltech.edu/~mbrown/sedna/#planets

animation of Sedna's orbit by Robert Hurt (Spitzer Sci Ctr):

https://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/video/ssc2004-05v1-orbit-of-sedna

2012 VP113 'Biden':

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_VP113

2015 TG387 'The Goblin':

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/541132_Lele%C4%81k%C5%ABhonua

https://www.npr.org/2018/10/02/653453443/a-small-planet-with-big-implications

Lunokhod 1 – The First Extraterrestrial Rover

TMIAH Nov 2022 "Lunokhod 1 – The First Extraterrestrial Rover":

https://aas.org/posts/news/2022/11/month-astronomical-history-november-2022

Prof Kenneth Rumstay:

https://www.valdosta.edu/about/news/releases/2017/09/dr.-kenneth-rumstay-honored-with-presidential-excellence-award-for-teaching.php

https://meritpages.com/KennethRumstay

HAD News:

https://had.aas.org/news/had_news

Mars Curiosity rover:

https://science.nasa.gov/mission/msl-curiosity/

Soviet Union:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_Union

Soviet N1 rocket:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N1_(rocket)

NASA's Apollo program:

https://www.nasa.gov/the-apollo-program/

Lunokhod ('moonwalker') 1: