Reminder for 2017 Banquet with Kelly Beatty
This is just a friendly reminder that the 2017 Banquet with Kelly Beatty (banquet event) is scheduled for Jan 28, 2017, 05:00 PM. If you still need tickets, email Stephanie at president@seattleastro.org.
Hope to see you there!
2017 Banquet with Kelly Beatty
Details
Public
Type: Banquet
Keywords: Kelly Beatty Pluto
Held on: Jan 28, 2017 (Sat) at 05:00 PM to Jan 28, 2017 (Sat) at 08:00 PM
Speaker: J. Kelly Beatty
Location: Swedish Club, 1920 Dexter Avenue N, Seattle WA 98109
Event Coordinator: Christopher Laurel
Overview
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Pluto's Amazing Story
In July 2015, NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft flew past Pluto after a 9½-year-flight. But really this historic encounter was 85 years in the making, ever since 24-year-old Clyde Tombaugh discovered this enigmatic body at the edge of our planetary system. Today we realize that Pluto is among the largest objects in the Kuiper Belt, even though initially it was believed to be a body perhaps as massive as Earth. Join veteran space-science reporter Kelly Beatty as he traces the history of Pluto — from predictions of its existence to the discovery of its moons to its “demotion” to dwarf-planet status.