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Voyager Exploration of the Outer Solar System
Voyager Exploration of the Outer Solar System
presented by Dr. Ed Stone,
David Morrisroe Professor of Physics,
California Institute of Technology
and retired JPL Director
For
the 2001 schedule and archived webcasts, please contact
Audio Visual Services at 818.354.6170.
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Thursday, September 5
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The von Kármán Auditorium at JPL
4800 Oak Grove Drive
Pasadena, CA
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Friday, September 6
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The Vosloh Forum at Pasadena City College
1570 East Colorado Blvd.
Pasadena, CA
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Both lectures begin at 7 p.m.
Admission is free. Seating is limited.
For more information, call (818) 354-0112.
Launched in 1977, the twin Voyagers’ exploration of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune revealed distinctive worlds with many surprises. Jupiter’s moon Io has 100 times more volcanic activity than Earth, while nearby Europa is covered by a smooth icy crust. Organic liquids likely rain on the surface of Saturn’s giant moon Titan, while geysers erupt from the frozen nitrogen polar caps of Neptune’s moon Triton. Small moons “shepherd” icy particles into narrow rings, and massive
storms create unexpected weather patterns in the giant planets’ atmospheres.
The Voyagers revealed a new view of the solar system that set the stage for our return missions to Jupiter and Saturn — Galileo and Cassini–Huygens.
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