Free Talk on the Top Tourist Sights of the Solar System
Where Bill Gates’ Great-Granddaughter Might Go on Her Honeymoon
- When
- Thu Jul 9, 2009
- Where
- City of Sunnyvale Library
- Time
- 6:30 pm
- Tags
- Family, Education, Libraries
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Description
Astronomer and popular lecturer Andrew Fraknoi will explore the most intriguing future tourist destinations among the planets and moons in our cosmic neighborhood in a program on in the Sunnyvale Library program room. A limited number of tickets are available free on a first-come, first-served basis at the Adult Reference Desk.The illustrated tour will include the 4,000 mile lava channel on Venus, the towering Mount Olympus volcano on Mars (three times the height of Mount Everest), the awesome Verona Cliffs on the moon Miranda (which are the tallest “lover’s leap” in the solar system), and the mysterious ice-cracks of the moon Europa, under which may be a global ocean. No background in science will be required for this non-technical talk.
Fraknoi is the Chair of the Astronomy Department at Foothill College and the former Executive Director of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. He was selected as the 2007 California Professor of the Year by the Carnegie Endowment.
More Info
- Link
- http://www.sunnyvalelibrary.org
- Call
- 408.730.7300 (Box Office)
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