AAS Splinter Meeting: Introducing NEOCam to the Astrophysics Community

We are pleased to announce a Splinter Meeting at the AAS on Jan 9, 2019 from 2-4 PM to introduce the Near Earth Object Camera (NEOCam) to the astrophysics community. NEOCam is a proposed NASA Planetary Science mission that would conduct a space-based mid-infrared survey of the inner Solar System from the Earth-Sun L1 point, and is designed to detect over two-thirds of all hazardous asteroids over the 5 year nominal lifetime. In addition, NEOCam will provide repeated detections of astrophysical sources over approximately two-thirds of the sky at thermal IR wavelengths. In this meeting we will introduce the mission to the astrophysics community, and describe the survey bandpasses, sensitivity, cadence, data products, and data release schedule. We will also devote significant time for Q&A to address questions about NEOCam's capabilities. We encourage all members of the community to learn how the NEOCam data may complement their research programs. Please join us in Seattle on Wednesday, Jan 9, 2019 in room 4C-3 to learn more about NEOCam.