Video transcript of meeting
- Intro – Jeff Pivnick
- Enceladus – APOD Feb 5, 2023 – Jeff Pivnick
- Smaller moon of Saturn discovered by William Herschel
- The Great Forty 48″ reflector in Slough near Windsor – Herschel’s telescope
- Cassini Mission
- Discoveries: magnetic field disruptions, jets of water from “tiger stripe” fissures, wobbly orbital period caused by loose crust
- 2:1 resonance with Dione results in elliptical orbit and interior heating of the ocean below the crust
- Cassini division in Saturn’s rings – named for Gian Domenico Cassini, discoverer
- Mimas 1:2 resonance with Cassini division
- Diameter 504 kms, 14% liquid water
- Discussion
- Randy Enkin
- Moons of Jupiter – Io moves very fast!
- Zoozve on Radio Lab
- Asteroid appearing to orbit Venus on an Alex Foster poster
- Orbit of Zoozve – has similar period as Venus
- Zoozve is now the official IAU name of asteroid 2002 VE68
- Co-orbital Configurations
- Asteroid 2002 VE68, a quasi-satellite of Venus – Mikkola, Brasser, Wiegert, Innanen
- Annual General Meeting – RASC Victoria Centre – Randy Enkin
- Feb 12 7:00PM – Zoom meeting – info and special link to be sent to members
- Victoria Centre’s Annual Report – contact Randy Enkin with your report president@victoria.rasc.ca
- Financial Report
- Election – Reg Dunkley
- Chris Gainor has agreed to stand for President
- We now have a full slate, but further nominations will be sought at the AGM
- New Council will be seeking involvement from members for volunteering
- We need a quorum of 25 members. If you cannot attend, contact Randy president@victoria.rasc.ca (or another member attending) to be your proxy for voting purposes.
- Social Dinner – RASC Victoria Centre – Four Mile Pub – Feb 26th
- Large parking lot, but please carpool if possible
- Sound system with microphone and speaker will be used for speakers
- Attendees please contact Marjie to RSVP by Feb 21st
- SIGs – David Lee david@victoria.rasc.ca
- Beginners SIG – tomorrow night’s presentation by Randy Enkin on observing the Moon
- Citizen Science SIG cancelled
- Astrophotography SIG – 4th Wednesday – hosted by Brock
- Astronomy Books – David Lee
- Observer’s Sky Atlas – Erich Karkoschka
- 21st Century Atlas of the Moon – Charles Wood, Maurice Collins
- Astronomy Cafe – March 4th
- Focus will be on the Total Solar Eclipse
- Eclipse glasses are available for free – contact Randy president@victoria.rasc.ca or Lauri roche.lauri@gmail.com
- Scitech Daily
- Perseverance Mars Lander – sedimentary layers discovered by ground penetrating radar and samples taken
- Ingenuity helicopter has crashed
Next Astro Cafe – March 4th – none for the rest of February