SSB-08
International Conference
“The Solar System Bodies: From Optics To Geology”
Institute of Astronomy
Kharkiv National University
Kharkiv, Ukraine
May 26-29, 2008

Main topics:
  • Lunar and plane­tary spectro­scopy, photo­metry and polari­metry
  • Asteroids and comets: photo­metry and polari­metry
  • Light scatte­ring by regolith-like surfaces: labora­tory and theore­tical modeling
  • Missions to Solar system bodies
  • Near-Earth object popula­tion: statis­tics, evolu­tion and impact hazard
  • Geology of Mars and Venus
  • Trans­neptunian objects and exo­planets
January 24, 2011
III lap of Ukrainian school competition on astronomy has been finished
Problems and solutions (for Kharkiv) are available here (in Russian and Ukrainian).
March 31, 2010
We are pleased to announce a public electronic release of the book Mishchenko M. I., Rosenbush V. K., Kiselev N. N., Lupishko D. F., Tishkovets V. P., Kaydash V. G., Belskaya I. N., Efimov Y. S., Shakhovskoy N. M. "Polarimetric remote sensing of Solar System objects".
Full text of the book is available on our site.
March 11, 2009
Our collective monography "Institute of Astronomy of Kharkiv V.N. Karazin National University" in Internet
Full text of the book (pdf, 7 MB) is available on our site.
June 10, 2008
Events photo gallery has been opened
Photos from our previous conferences are placed here: www.astron.kharkov.ua/photos.
International Scientific Conference Devoted to 110 anniversary of O.L. Struve - 2007: photos.
International conference "The Solar System Bodies: From Optics to Geology" - 2008: photos.