Fwd: Barbara Moont - 2 Astronomy Lectures on "Exploring the Solar System"

[marilyn ronen]

Subject: Barbara Moont - 2 Astronomy Lectures on "Exploring the Solar System"

View this email in your browser ESRA Tel Aviv Exploring the Solar System with Barbara Moont S.M.MEC.ENG.MIT    M.SC.ASTRONOMY.UCL  10 a.m. refreshments, 10:30 a.m. lecture  The Botanical Gardens of Tel Aviv University Parking adjacent at Natural History Museum- Busses: 25,250,7,45 Lecture #2 | Sunday 31 March | The Juno Mission to Jupiter Jupiter is the largest in our Solar System. Its mass is over twice that of all other planets put together. This mission is to find out a lot more scientific facts about Jupiter which will help determine which of the many theories about the formation of the Solar System is nearest to the truth. But we are also going to see wonderful images of this beautiful planet. This spacecraft is also very unusual in that it is solar powered and we shall see how that was done. Lecture # 3 | Sunday 14 April | The New Horizons Mission to Pluto On 1st January this year the New Horizons spacecraft flew by Ultima Thule the furthest object in the Solar System ever seen in detail. New Horizons was the first mission to Pluto. Launched in 2006, it flew by Pluto in 2015. Come and hear about the history of this “planet” and see the amazing images that were taken after a nine and a half year wait and a distance of four and a half billion miles! Admission: Individual lectures: NIS 50; ESRA members NIS 40 Booking Office: 09-7482957 | bookin...@esra.org.il PRE-PAID RESERVATIONS ONLY!   Click here to register online Contact Details National Office: 09-9508371 | herzliy...@esra.org.il Booking Office: 09-7482957 | bookin...@esra.org.il www.esra.org.il ESRA English Speaking Residents Association Non-Profit & Public Institution No. 580037455

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