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Exploring the Universe Part 1: Pluto Strikes Back (Virtual)

Join Astrophysicist, Scott Kenyon, for a visit to Pluto - the outcast - and only binary planet in the Solar System. Dr. Kenyon will guide a tour of the moons of Pluto and show how this system formed early in the history of the Solar System. This is part one of a two-part series which will continue on Tuesday, July 27 with a talk by Margaret Geller titled Caught in the Cosmic Web.

 

Scott J. Kenyon is an astrophysicist at the Center for Astrophysics in Cambridge. He builds numerical simulations to study the way stars and planetary systems form and evolve. Dr. Kenyon is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the American Physical Society.

 

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Image Credit: NASA

Date:
Tuesday, July 13, 2021
Time:
7:00pm - 8:00pm
Location:
Virtual
Audience:
  Adult  
Categories:
  Lectures and Events  
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Accessibility:
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