BIOASTRO Mailing List: SETI bioastro: FW: BERKELEY SCIENTIST TO EXPLAIN MYSTERIES OF OUTER SOLAR SYSTEM

>From: "NASANews@Ames"

>To: ames-releases@lists.arc.nasa.gov

>Subject: BERKELEY SCIENTIST TO EXPLAIN MYSTERIES OF OUTER SOLAR SYSTEM

>Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2004 10:40:53 -0800

>Kathleen Burton Feb. 10, 2004

>NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif.

>Phone: 650/604-1731 or 650/604-9000

>E-mail: Kathleen.M.Burton@nasa.gov

>RELEASE: 04-09AR

>BERKELEY SCIENTIST TO EXPLAIN MYSTERIES OF OUTER SOLAR SYSTEM

>Exploring the mysterious outskirts of our solar system will be the

>subject of a free public lecture at Foothill College on Wednesday,

>Feb. 11, at 7 p.m. PST. The talk is entitled "The Search for Planet

>X: Exploring the Solar System Beyond Neptune."

>Dr. Eugene Chiang, assistant professor of astronomy and Earth and

>planetary science at the University of California at Berkeley, will

>discuss how new discoveries are revealing an array of interesting

>new objects - including several mini-planets - at the far reaches of

>our planetary system.

>The lecture will be held at Foothill College's Smithwick Theatre in

>Los Altos Hills, Calif.

>"NASA Ames is pleased to co-sponsor the popular Silicon Valley

>Astronomy Lecture Series, now in its fifth successful year," said

>NASA Ames Research Center Director G. Scott Hubbard. "This series is

>an important element in our efforts to inspire the next generation

>of space explorers."

>Chiang is well known for his ability to discuss astronomical topics

>in non-technical terms. Chiang holds a bachelor's degree in physics

>from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a doctorate from

>the California Institute of Technology. His research includes

>extra-solar planetary dynamics, planetary rings, proto-planetary

>disks and the Edgeworth-Kuiper Belt.

>The Silicon Valley Astronomy Lecture Series is co-sponsored by NASA

>Ames, Foothill College's Division of Physical Science, Mathematics

>and Engineering, the Astronomical Society of the Pacific and the

>SETI Institute.

>To get to Smithwick Theater from Interstate 280, exit at El Monte

>Road and travel west to the campus. Visitors must purchase a one-day

>campus-parking permit for $2. Seating is on a first-come,

>first-served basis. Young people are welcome. More information is

>available by calling the series hotline at 650/949-7888.

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