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Heath Rhoades

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Address:

Table Mountain
24490 Table Mountain Road (P.O. Box 367)

Wrightwood, CA 92397-0367

Phone:

760.249.6610

Fax:

760.249.5392

Curriculum Vitae:

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Member of:

Laboratory Studies And Atmospheric Observations

Biography

Heath Rhoades is the Astronomy Team Lead at JPL's Table Mountain Observatory. His interests are in technology development and deployment for a variety of NASA funded projects. Currently the observatory focus is on Near Earth Asteroid observations and Exoplanet transit observations for NASA’s Exoplanet Watch program supporting a number of upcoming small spacecraft mission targets with ground observations. Most recently the development focus has been on design, fabrication and deployment of automated mobile telescope arrays.

Education

  • MS Information Systems Management, Capella University
  • MS degree Information Technology/ Internet Security, American Intercontinental University (2007)
  • BS degree Information Technology/Programming, American Intercontinental University (2006)
  • Computer Education Institute (2001)
  • Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (48 units complete)
  • Serrano High School (1990)

Professional Experience

  • Astronomy Team Lead Table Mountain Optical Observatory (2009-Present)
  • Santa Barbara Applied Research, Interim Astronomy Team Lead, Observer/Programmer/Systems
  • Rep/Systems administrator Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Table Mountain Observatory (2007- 2009)

Selected Publications

  1. Hicks, M.; Buratti, B. J.; Li, J.; Denevi, B. W.; Nathues, A.; Reddy, V.; Schroeder, S.;Hoffmann, M.; De Sanctis, M. C.; Filacchione, G.; Ammannito, E.; Capaccioni, F.; Duffard,R.; Zhao, H.; Rhoades, H.; Mayes, D.; Barajas, T.; Truong, T.; Foster, J.; Dawn ScienceTeam (2011). The Application of a Vestoid-Derived Photometric Model to the Surface of (4)Vesta. American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2011, abstract #P23C-1719 .
  2. Magri, Christopher; Howell, Ellen S.; Nolan, Michael C.; Taylor, Patrick A.; Fernandez,Yanga R.; Mueller, Michael; Vervack, Ronald J.; Benner, Lance A. M.; Giorgini, Jon D.;Ostro, Steven J.; Scheeres, Daniel J.; Hicks, Michael D.; Rhoades, Heath; Somers, JamesM.; Gaftonyuk, Ninel M.; Kouprianov, Vladimir V.; Krugly, Yurij N.; Molotov, Igor E.;Busch, Michael W.; Margot, Jean-Luc; Benishek, Vladimir; Protitch-Benishek, Vojislava;Galad, Adrian; Higgins, David; Kušnirak, Peter; Pray, Donald P. (2011). Radar andphotometric observations and shape modeling of contact binary near-Earth Asteroid (8567)1996 HW. Icarus, Volume 214, Issue 1, p. 210-227.
  3. Hicks, M.; Somers, J.; Rhoades, H.; McCormack, M.; Gerhart, C.; Bauer, J.; Mainzer, A.;Masiero, J.; Grav, T. (2011). Broadband photometry of 267494 (2002 VB9): A near-near-Earthasteroid with remarkable solar phase behavior. The Astronomer's Telegram, #3460.
  4. Hicks, M.; Rhoades, H.; Somers, J.; Grote, M. (2009) Broad-Band Photometry of the Potentially Hazardous Asteroid 2002 LV. The Astronomer's Telegram,#2134. http://www.astronomerstelegram.org/?read=2134
  5. Hicks, M.; Lawrence, K.; Rhoades, H.; Somers, J.; McAuley, A.; Barajas, T.(2009) 2001 FE90: An elongated and rapidly rotating near-Earth asteroid. TheAstronomer's Telegram, #2116. http://www.astronomerstelegram.org/?read=2116

Projects

Table Mountain Observatory – Optical Astronomy (TMO)