| Event ID: | 10499 |
| Contact Name: | Jerry Stone |
| Contact Email: | jerry.stone2001@gmail.com |
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| Organization: | Cardiff Astronomical Society |
| Event Web Site: | http://www.cardiff-astronomical-society.co.uk/programme-of-talks/programme-of-talks-2016-17 |
| Dates: | 13th October 2016 to 13th October 2016 |
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| Type: | Public |
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| Country: | United Kingdom |
| State/Province: | Wales |
| City: | Cardiff |
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| Location: | Trevithick Lecture Theatre - T/2.09, Department of Physics and Astronomy Cardiff University The Parade Newport Road Cardiff CF24 3AA |
| Event Name: | \"Is Pluto A Planet?\" by Jerry Stone FBIS |
| Event Description: | In July 2015 the New Horizons spacecraft - which has Jerry Stone's name on it - finally reached Earth’s distant cousin in the outer reaches of the Solar System, after a journey of 9-1/2 years. But did it actually encounter a planet? Just 7 months after New Horizons was launched back in January 2006, the International Astronomical Union voted to re-classify Pluto as a Dwarf Planet, resulting in uproar in the astronomical community and starting a controversy that still divides opinion among astronomers and the general public alike. But does it need to? Is there not a simple answer? “Is Pluto A Planet?” covers the thorny question of the status of Pluto. It looks in detail at the IAU definition of a planet and some of its unexpected - and unintended - consequences. To give an example, he can show that Jupiter - the biggest object in the Solar System after the Sun - is actually a dwarf planet! He can also show that it isn’t a planet at all … So how many planets do we really have? Is it 8, 21 or maybe only 3? This is his most controversial presentation, and includes some things that one astronomer has told him he shouldn’t be saying! Starts 7:30 pm |
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| Attendance: | 100 |
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