EAPS Explores - Our Solar System
Speaker:
Richard Binzel
Date:
Wednesday, August 5, 2020 - 7:00pm to 8:00pm
Location:
Virtual via Zoom
Bring your curiosity and tour our solar system, from the Sun to Pluto, scaled to actual sizes and distances along the Infinite Corridor, and learn about MIT’s contributions to advancing planetary exploration. Experience what it’s like to be a planetary explorer as you arrive and examine each world in fine detail with the help of guest experts from MIT’s Dept. of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences (EAPS).
Featuring:
Richard P. Binzel, EAPS professor of planetary sciences and Margaret MacVicar Faculty Fellow
With Guest Experts:
Clara Maurel, EAPS Graduate Student
Clara Sousa-Silva, EAPS 51 Pegasi b Postdoctoral Fellow
Jason Soderblom, EAPS Research Scientist
Julien de Wit, EAPS Assistant Professor of Planetary Science