| Event ID: | 12213 |
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| Organization: | Royal Astronomical Society |
| Event Web Site: | https://www.ras.org.uk/events-and-meetings/public-lectures |
| Dates: | 11th October 2016 to 11th October 2016 |
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| Type: | Public |
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| Country: | United Kingdom |
| State/Province: | London |
| City: | London |
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| Location: | The Geological Society, Burlington House, London W1J 0BD |
| Event Name: | Brave new worlds: the planets and others stars |
| Event Description: | by Giovanna Tinetti, Professor of Astrophysics at University College London. The Earth is special, it's our home, but is it really special as a planet? Every star we can see in the night sky is likely to be orbited by planets. There are probably a hundred billion planets in our galaxy alone. In less than 30 years, more than 3000 "exoplanets" have been discovered in distant solar systems. There are planets completing a revolution in less than one day, as well as planets orbiting two or even three stars or moving on trajectories so eccentric as to resemble comets. Some of them are freezing cold, some are so hot that their surface is molten. But beyond that our knowledge falters. Finding out why are these new worlds as they are, is one of the key challenges of modern astrophysics. Choice of afternoon and evening lectures. No booking required. 1:00pm & 6:00pm. |
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