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**SAM KIMPTON

**Director/Scientific Officer

**Vernonia Peak Observatory

**3006 N.E. 60th Ave.

**Portland, OR 97213-3912

**Tel: (503)-287-2618

**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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