BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//astrosociety.org//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.30.10// CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH UID:ae92ae8e-e751-49d2-a9f1-0f3e1a0d5ba8 X-WR-CALDESC:The Silicon Valley Lecture Series is back in person and talks will be available on the YouTube channel post event for viewing at your co nvenience.\n\nOn Wednesday\, May 28\, 2025 at 7 pm (PST)\, Dr. Oliver Whit e (SETI Institute) will give a free\, illustrated\, non-technical lecture entitled: \n \n'Science at the Edge of the Solar System: Uncovering the Secrets of the Pluto System and Arrokoth' \n \nin the Smithwick Theater a t Foothill College\, in Los Altos (see directions below) \n \nThe talk is part of the Silicon Valley Astronomy Lecture Series\, now in its 25th year. \n \n------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------\n \nTen years ago the New Horizons spacecraft flew by the Pluto sy stem and revealed an unexpectedly diverse range of landscapes on the dwarf planet and its largest moon Charon\, implying complex geological historie s for these distant worlds. Dr. White will lead a tour of their often biza rre terrains\, some of which are still evolving\, and will explain what pr ocesses scientists think molded them into their present appearances. After a brief stop at Pluto's four small moons\, Dr. White will then extend the tour 2 billion km farther out into space to cover Arrokoth\, the tiny pla netesimal that New Horizons flew past three and a half years after visitin g Pluto. It is the most primitive object in the Solar System yet visited by a spacecraft.\n \nDr. Oliver White is a planetary scientist at the SETI Institute. His research focuses on unraveling the geological histories of the planets and moons in our Solar System and learning how their surfaces have evolved. A member of the New Horizons mission team\, he is particula rly interested in the icy outer Solar System worlds\, and has produced a g eological map of Pluto to be published by the US Geological Survey. He is currently creating a similar map of Saturn's moon Tethys.\n\nThis lecture is in person at the Smithwick Theater! Link to directions below.\n\nThis presentation will also be available on the SVLS YouTube site. Link below. \n\nThe lecture is co-sponsored by:\n\n* Foothill College Science\, Tech\, Engineering & Math Division\n* SETI Institute\n* Astronomical Society of the Pacific\n\n-----------------------\nFoothill College is just off the E l Monte Road exit from Freeway 280 in Los Altos\, California\n \nFor dir ections and parking information as well as a campus map to find the Smithw ick theater\, see ilnks below.\n\nNOTE: Parking lot 1 is closest\, with a ccess to the theater by stairs. Parking lot 5 provides access from the sa me elevation as the theater.\n\n--------------- X-WR-RELCALID:694704e655c381be886e9d270b444adc X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:STANDARD TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20241103T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 RDATE:20251102T020000 RDATE:20261101T020000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20250309T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 RDATE:20260308T020000 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:474043b5-5724-4ffa-8d19-c3f7d25e8b8e DTSTAMP:20260421T111923Z DESCRIPTION:The Silicon Valley Lecture Series is back in person and talks w ill be available on the YouTube channel post event for viewing at your con venience.\n\nOn Wednesday\, May 28\, 2025 at 7 pm (PST)\, Dr. Oliver White (SETI Institute) will give a free\, illustrated\, non-technical lecture e ntitled: \n \n'Science at the Edge of the Solar System: Uncovering the Secrets of the Pluto System and Arrokoth' \n \nin the Smithwick Theater at Foothill College\, in Los Altos (see directions below) \n \nThe talk is part o f the Silicon Valley Astronomy Lecture Series\, now in its 25th year. \n \n------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------\n \nTen years ago the New Horizons spacecraft flew by the Pluto sy stem and revealed an unexpectedly diverse range of landscapes on the dwarf planet and its largest moon Charon\, implying complex geological historie s for these distant worlds. Dr. White will lead a tour of their often biza rre terrains\, some of which are still evolving\, and will explain what pr ocesses scientists think molded them into their present appearances. After a brief stop at Pluto's four small moons\, Dr. White will then extend the tour 2 billion km farther out into space to cover Arrokoth\, the tiny pla netesimal that New Horizons flew past three and a half years after visitin g Pluto. It is the most primitive object in the Solar System yet visited by a spacecraft.\n \nDr. Oliver White is a planetary scientist at the SETI Institute. His research focuses on unraveling the geological histories of the planets and moons in our Solar System and learning how their surfaces have evolved. A member of the New Horizons mission team\, he is particula rly interested in the icy outer Solar System worlds\, and has produced a g eological map of Pluto to be published by the US Geological Survey. He is currently creating a similar map of Saturn's moon Tethys.\n\nThis lecture is in person at the Smithwick Theater! Link to directions below.\n\nThis presentation will also be available on the SVLS YouTube site. Link below. \n\nThe lecture is co-sponsored by:\n\n* Foothill College Science\, Tech\, Engineering & Math Division\n* SETI Institute\n* Astronomical Society of the Pacific\n\n-----------------------\nFoothill College is just off the E l Monte Road exit from Freeway 280 in Los Altos\, California\n \nFor dir ections and parking information as well as a campus map to find the Smithw ick theater\, see ilnks below.\n\nNOTE: Parking lot 1 is closest\, with a ccess to the theater by stairs. Parking lot 5 provides access from the sa me elevation as the theater.\n\n--------------- DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250528T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250528T200000 LOCATION: SUMMARY:Silicon Valley Lecture Series in person: 'Science at the Edge of t he Solar System: Uncovering the Secrets of the Pluto System and Arrokoth' with Dr. Oliver White (SETI Institute) END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR