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March 21-22, 2012

Boulder, Colorado, USA

UCAR Center Green FL2 (Click for directions

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   !!!!! NOTE CHANGE IN LOCATION !!!!!

On Dec 16, 2011, the recently discovered comet C/2011 W3 (Lovejoy) became instantly famous.  Comet Lovejoy not only survived perihelion but its journey around the Sun was chronicled by a dizzying array of solar and astrophysical missions.  There is much to be learned from this and other members of the Kreutz sungrazing family, but the only sure way to maximize the return is to bring different science communities together.

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     12:00-12:15 Expectations for future sungrazers based on historical observations (Knight)

     12:15-13:15 -Lunch-

Wiki Markup     *     13:15-15:00 Summary of discussions and presentations, and* *                 discussion of the new avenues opened by comets in corona*            panel of coordinators:  St. Hillaire\+ Brown/Lisse + Raymond + Bryans             + Schrijver/ ...\[TBC\] + and
                 discussion of the new avenues opened by comets in corona
           panel of coordinators:  St. Hillaire+ Brown/Lisse + Raymond + Bryans
            + Schrijver/ ...[TBC] + Knight

     15:00-16:30 Discussion and plans for the scientific analysis of the observed events +
                 Plans for future observing of sungrazers approaching the Sun
          Session coordinator/speaker/summarizer: Knight

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Amir Caspi

Ransom Christofferson

Amy Knack

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Wendy Hawkins