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SAM KIMPTON
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Director/Scientific Officer
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Vernonia Peak Observatory
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3006 N.E. 60th Ave.
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Portland, OR 97213-3912
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Tel: (503)-287-2618
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e-mail:
bessel@europa.com
RESEARCH INTERESTS
DETECTION AND SURVEYLANCE OF TERRESTRIAL IMPACT HAZZARDS IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM
IMPACT MITIGATION STRATEGIES
FORMATION AND DEGREDATION OF IMPACT STRUCTURES
ENERGY PARTITIONING IN THE IMPACT PROCESS AND ASSOCIATED LITHOLOGIES
PETROLOGY OF METEORITES
ASTROMETRY OF SMALL BODIES IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF COMETS AND ASTEROIDS
UTILIZATION OF STRATEGIC RESCOURCES IN NEAR EARTH ASTEROIDS
LUNAR SRATIGRAPHY
LUNAR REGOLITH FORMATION AND PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
ENHANCEMENT OF PUBLIC AWARENESS CONCERNING THE IMPACT THREAT
ACTIVITIES
PORTLAND ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
MEMBER AT LARGE 1973-1986
SECRETARY 1976-1977
PUBLICITY CHAIRMAN COMBINED ASTRONOMICAL LEAGUE, WESTERN AMATURE ASTRONOMERS, ASSOCIATION OF LUNAR AND PLANETARY OBSERVERS CONVENTION 1979
AMERICAN LUNAR SOCIETY
ASTRONOMICAL LEAGUE
ASSOCIATION OF LUNAR AND PLANETARY OBSERVERS
ROSE CITY ASTRONOMERS
ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY OF THE PACIFIC
METEORITICAL SOCIETY
NORTHWEST ASTRONOMY GROUP
DIRECTOR
SCIENTIFIC OFFICER
HAMMIL TELESCOPE DESIGN COMMITTEE
GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF THE OREGON COUNTRY
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