Confirmed participating scientists are from NASA Ames Research Center, the SETI Institute, Lockheed Martin, Caltech, and the Dexter and Southfield Schools: Flux Principal Investigator Dr. Peter Jenniskens is a research scientist with the Carl Sagan Center of the SETI Institute. Models Meteor astronomer Jeremie Vaubaillon of Caltech, an expert in meteoroid stream modeling, will operate a digital camera to capture Ursid meteors. Other participants will include experienced meteor observer Robin Gray of Nevada. Spectroscopy Juergen Wolf, SOFIA scenior scientist from DLR, at NASA Ames will field test in meteor shower observations a prototype camera for the SOFIA Airborne Observatory. Imaging Ed Schilling, branch chief of the NASA Ames video and graphics branch will lead an effort to image the meteor shower using state of the art HDTV cameras. Spectroscopy Ron Dantowitz, director of Clay Center Observatory at the Dexter and Southfield Schools, and a student from Dexter School (Ari Atinizian) will deploy CCD cameras for meteor spectroscopy of relatively bright Ursids to study how the meteoroids break and release their volatile minerals. Spectroscopy Rick Rairden of Lockheed Martin will focus on the near-UV part of meteor spectra, which are difficult to detect due to the properties of the aircraft windows.

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