Cafe Sci Orlando announcements for 2009-03: Physics of Saturn's Ring System
Chad MILLER
* We're moving!
* Topic, "Physics of Saturn's Ring System"
We're moving
Remind everyone you expect to see at the cafe! As mentioned in our
special announcement a few weeks ago, we're moving the cafe to a new
venue. For the event of March 4th, we will meet at Taste, in College
Park. The address:
Taste
717 W. Smith Street
Orlando, United States
32804
Come help us science-up the new venue!
Directions
Taste is near the corner of Princeton Street (really Smith Street
after the fork) and Edgewater Drive, so about 2 minutes from I-4 to
parking. One can park on the street or in the parking lot behind
Taste.
* From Downtown and south, drive north ("east") on I-4 through
downtown. At the exit for Princeton Street, exit and turn
left/west.
* From Altamonte Springs and north, drive south ("west") on I-4
toward downtown Orlando. At the exit for Princeton Street, exit
and turn right/west.
From I-4, drive a few blocks to Edgewater Drive. At the intersection,
you should see a orange building ahead of you, labled "Taste". Park on
the street or behind Taste.
Topic, "Physics of Saturn's Ring System"
Our presentation this month should be visually impressive, as it
involves the planetary rings that are even visible from earth through
a cheap telescope. The COPUS theme of March is "Physics and
Technology", and we'll talk about the physics of Saturn's distinctive
rings and the ongoing Cassini probe to that system.
The presenter for this topic is Dr. Josh Colwell, an Assistant
Professor in the Department of Physics' Planetary Sciences Group at
UCF.