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Apr
24
Thursday
Apr
24
Thu
Community :: Lecture also Education :: Miscellaneous Education
Astronomy Lecture Series: Studying Super Earths
7:00 PM
Carroll College, 101/202 Simperman Hall/Wiegand Amphitheatre
Description:
Join Dr. Kelly Cline for one of his popular astronomy & physics lecture series presentations. Using new techniques, astronomers have discovered thousands of planets which orbit around other nearby stars. The most interesting of these planets are larger than the Earth, and so we call them super-Earths. We don't have anything like them in our solar system. The Earth is the largest of the inner planets, and the other planets are gas giants more than ten times the mass of the Earth. What would these planets look like, up close? What sorts of atmospheres would you find on a planet with double or triple the mass of the Earth. Could life have formed on any of these planets? Join us for an exploration of the newly discovered super Earths!
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Age Group: All Ages
Venue: Carroll College, 101/202 Simperman Hall/Wiegand Amphitheatre
Address: 1601 N. Benton Ave. Helena, MT
Phone: 406-447-4300

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