On Monday, February 10, at 7:30 p.m. the Cuyahoga Astronomical Association (CAA) will conduct its monthly club meeting. The meeting will feature a talk by CAA member Kai Getrost, a member of the special NASA teams that performed occultation studies in support of NASA’s New Horizon’s space probe to “Ultima Thule.” He is currently working in support of NASA’s Lucy Mission to explore Jupiter’s Trojan Asteroids. The Lucy spacecraft will launch in October 2021 and, with boosts from Earth’s gravity, will complete a 12-year journey to seven different asteroids.

As part of the NASA science teams in support of the New Horizons and Lucy Missions, Getrost has traveled to South America and to Australia to help gather occultation data used to help guide the spacecraft.

The CAA’s monthly meetings are held on the second Monday of every month except December at 7:30 p.m. in the Cleveland Metroparks’ Rocky River Nature Center; 24000 Valley Parkway; North Olmsted, Ohio. Meeting programs are open to the public. Following the presentation and a brief social break, the club will conduct its membership business meeting.