New discoveries in the Solar System
Presenter(s): Dr John Wilkinson
Affiliation(s): ASV, BDAS
Session details: Saturday, 2016-03-26 01:00:00, LT106
Abstract
During the past year there have been some amazing discoveries made via space probes about the objects in the solar system. For example the New Horizons probe to the Pluto system, the Rosetta probe to a comet and the Dawn probe to the asteroid Ceres. As a result our knowledge and understandings of these solar system objects has changed. This presentation will outline some of these findings using the latest NASA data and images.
Biography
Dr John Wilkinson is an author of several astronomy textbooks and over 100 science books. He is a former science education lecturer and secondary teacher. His main areas of astronomical interest include solar astronomy and the solar system.