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X-WR-CALDESC:”Charon\, Pluto’s Companion: What We’re Learning from New Hori
 zons”\n\nSmithwick Theater at Foothill College\, in Los Altos.\n\n \n\nThe
  talk is part of the Silicon Valley Astronomy Lecture Series at Foothill C
 ollege\, now in its 19th year.\n\nPluto’s large moon Charon turned out to 
 be far more interesting than astronomers expected.  Pluto was the star of 
 the New Horizons show\, but the features on Charon’s surface tell a fascin
 ating tale of how icy worlds could form far from the gravitational influen
 ces of the giant planets.  There is evidence of a world-wide sub-surface o
 cean early on\, and of global expansion as that ocean froze solid.  Charon
 ’s surface also has a region of plains where icy materials may once have f
 lowed and smoothed over the fractures present elsewhere on its surface.  D
 r. Beyer will be your guide through this story of formation and change in 
 the frozen reaches of the outer Solar System.\n\n \n\nDr. Ross Beyer is a 
 Planetary Scientist with the Carl Sagan Center at the SETI Institute and N
 ASA Ames Research Center. His interests include surface features\, surface
  processes\, remote sensing\, and photography of the solid bodies in our S
 olar System—if you can stand on it\, he's interested in what it's like and
  how it got that way.  He was a Participating Scientist with the Lunar Rec
 onnaissance Orbiter Camera\, he serves as a Co-Investigator with the HiRIS
 E instrument on the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter\, and has worked to help c
 ertify safe landing sites for Mars landers and rovers starting with Spirit
  and Opportunity. He is also a member of the New Horizons Science Team tha
 t explored the Pluto System and is currently exploring in the Kuiper Belt.
 \n\nThe lecture is co-sponsored by:\n\n    The Astronomical Society of the
  Pacific\n    The SETI Institute\n    NASA Ames Research Center\n    The F
 oothill College Astronomy Program\n\nWe get large crowds for these talks\,
  so we ask people to try to arrive a little bit early to find parking. The
  lecture is free\, but there is a charge of $3 for parking on campus and e
 xact change is appreciated.
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DESCRIPTION:”Charon\, Pluto’s Companion: What We’re Learning from New Horiz
 ons”\n\nSmithwick Theater at Foothill College\, in Los Altos.\n\n \n\nThe 
 talk is part of the Silicon Valley Astronomy Lecture Series at Foothill Co
 llege\, now in its 19th year.\n\nPluto’s large moon Charon turned out to b
 e far more interesting than astronomers expected.  Pluto was the star of t
 he New Horizons show\, but the features on Charon’s surface tell a fascina
 ting tale of how icy worlds could form far from the gravitational influenc
 es of the giant planets.  There is evidence of a world-wide sub-surface oc
 ean early on\, and of global expansion as that ocean froze solid.  Charon’
 s surface also has a region of plains where icy materials may once have fl
 owed and smoothed over the fractures present elsewhere on its surface.  Dr
 . Beyer will be your guide through this story of formation and change in t
 he frozen reaches of the outer Solar System.\n\n \n\nDr. Ross Beyer is a P
 lanetary Scientist with the Carl Sagan Center at the SETI Institute and NA
 SA Ames Research Center. His interests include surface features\, surface 
 processes\, remote sensing\, and photography of the solid bodies in our So
 lar System—if you can stand on it\, he's interested in what it's like and 
 how it got that way.  He was a Participating Scientist with the Lunar Reco
 nnaissance Orbiter Camera\, he serves as a Co-Investigator with the HiRISE
  instrument on the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter\, and has worked to help ce
 rtify safe landing sites for Mars landers and rovers starting with Spirit 
 and Opportunity. He is also a member of the New Horizons Science Team that
  explored the Pluto System and is currently exploring in the Kuiper Belt.
 \n\nThe lecture is co-sponsored by:\n\n    The Astronomical Society of the
  Pacific\n    The SETI Institute\n    NASA Ames Research Center\n    The F
 oothill College Astronomy Program\n\nWe get large crowds for these talks\,
  so we ask people to try to arrive a little bit early to find parking. The
  lecture is free\, but there is a charge of $3 for parking on campus and e
 xact change is appreciated.
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190515T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190515T210000
LOCATION:Smithwick Theatre at Foothill College\, Los Altos\, CA
SUMMARY:Dr. Ross Beyer (SETI Institute): What We Have Learned about Pluto’s
  Large Moon Charon
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