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Event ID:  15027
Contact Name:  Astronomical center Rijeka
Contact Email:  astronomski-centar-rijeka@rijekasport.hr
Contact Phone:  00385 51 455 700
Organization:  Rijeka sport
Event Web Site:  http://www.rijekasport.hr/hr/astronomski-centar-rijeka/novosti
Dates:  3rd October 2017 to 9th October 2017
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Type:  Public
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Country:  Croatia
State/Province:  Primorsko goranska county
City:  Rijeka
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Event Name:  Exploring new Worlds in the Solar System
Event Description:  Astronomical Centre Rijeka will hold events and special evening programs during October 4 to 10, 2017, to participate at the World Space Week. For wide public there will be presented the new special live show at the digital planetarium "Exploring new Worlds in the Solar System", dedicated to the World Space Week 2017 Theme – Exploring new Worlds in Space. This live show will introduce the scientific research from different fields which discover new facts every day; research that will lead to new discoveries for the benefit of mankind including the one of going back to the Moon, attempts to land on the Mars and the reasons for "capturing" and moving the asteroids. In the end, there will be a discussion about of the "water" worlds in the Solar System as well as about the latest astrobiologists' discoveries on the dwarf planet Pluto. During the World Space Week the exhibition „Exploring with imagination“ will be open at the planetarium and at the Souvenir Shop. There will be displayed models of different satellites, rockets, planets, student drawings and other replicas. The weekly program of the Astronomical Centre Rijeka will be dedicated to the Space research and presented to the public from Tuesday to Saturday; for the youngest children, at 6 pm on Tuesdays and 11 am on Saturdays animated film The Race to Earth; live shows From Earth to the Universe (Wednesdays at 6 pm), Guide to the Night Sky – Autumn (Fridays at 7.30 pm) and Space Missions (Fridays at 8.30 pm); films Mission: Mars (Thursdays at 7.30 pm) and Back for the Moon: for Good (Saturdays at 7.30 pm).
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Report on the Results:  On all programs we had around 300 visitors. Exactly 47 short stories/schools from all over Croatia participated on a prize contest We explore the imagination - a short story on theoccasion of the World Week. For more information see: https://www.rijekasport.hr/hr/naslovna-vijest/progla%C5%A1enje-pobjednika-nagradnog-natje%C4%8Daja-istra%C5%BEujemo-ma%C5%A1tom-%E2%80%93-kratka-pri%C4%8Da-povodom http://www.novilist.hr/Vijesti/Rijeka/Astronomski-centar-Rijeka-do-10.-listopada-obiljezava-Svjetski-tjedan-svemira
Attendance:  300
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Media Impressions:  500
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