Science for You: Planets
Every Thursday • 12:45 p.m.-2:15 p.m. • Auditorium/Zoom/Stream-Rec
February 5, 12, 19, 26 • March 5, 12, 19, 26 • April (2 no class), 9, 16, 23, 30 • May (7, 14 no class)
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Come on a tour of the planets and other objects in the solar system and investigate the science behind them. What is it like to visit Mars or float through Saturn’s rings? How do the planets differ from each other now, and how were they different in the past? Travel to the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter; to the extensive moon systems of the giant planets; to the Kuiper Belt, home of Pluto and other dwarf planets; to comets coming from the far reaches of the solar system and to exoplanets that orbit other stars. Learn how the Sun defines and shapes the solar system—from gravity, to beneficial heat and light, to hazardous radiation and high-energy particles. Examine the origins and evolution of the solar system, venturing backward in time to the era when it was just forming, to see how the system we take for granted all began. Join this exploration of the planets and beyond.
Instructors/Coordinators: Rick Hearn and Susan Hanna
Tech Coordinators: Paul Herrick and Ginger Barnhart
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