Category Archives: Space
Mars: Did You Know? #1
While Curiosity celebrated being on Mars for 2000 sols (Martian days) on March 22, I think it’s cooler that Curiosity celebrated being on Mars for 3 Martian years on March 26! Extra Credit: It is currently year 34 on Mars. … Continue reading
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Mars Rovers!
In honor of the “Mars Rovers!” lesson I will be teaching tomorrow at a local elementary school, here is a picture of the 3 generations of Mars Rovers. It’s a real picture too! “How?” I hear you ask, as you … Continue reading
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SSA Year 2: Mars
I realized that last year, my first year of being an SSA, was themed “Look Up!” I have decided that this year for me as an SSA is to be themed “Mars.” So here is my first part of that … Continue reading
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Fireball
Tentatively, yes that was a meteor. If so, it was actually bright enough to be considered a fireball. It might also have been a bolide, which is a fireball that explodes in the sky. The reason that is being considered … Continue reading
AADL Nerd Nite Solar Eclipse Presentation
Oh YAY! The Ann Arbor District Library posted my short talk on the Aug Eclipse that I did for Nerd Nite Ann Arbor! You can view it here, if you want to see me do a presentation despite the topic … Continue reading
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Been researching Ceres (dwarf planet in the asteroid belt) and the NASA Dawn mission for my presentation in early October. It’s all more fascinating than I already thought!
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Eclipse Viewing Party 2017 – The Long Version
1) Here in Ann Arbor, 82% of Sun coverage, attendance was estimated by the library to be between 2,500 and 3,000 based on door count and that people walked away after glasses were handed out. I was still able to … Continue reading
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Solar Eclipse Viewing Party 2017
Rough estimates put attendance at 3,000+. We were expecting maybe a little over 1,000… So, our plans for this event were shot away. Enough people had shown up far enough in advance the library couldn’t even set up two of … Continue reading
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That was AWESOME!
I just got home from giving a talk on eclipses for Ann Arbor’s Nerd Nite! It was fantastic! I had so much fun! Even with the slide show changing the slides on me on an inaccurate timer. LOVED presenting! Thank … Continue reading
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What Galileo Likely Saw – Moons Around Jupiter
I can not believe I haven’t shared this video of Jupiter being orbited by its 4 largest moons yet. I will do so now, as it’s extremely relevant to my planet viewing event next Friday! The dramatic music really does … Continue reading