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The ESO Supernova Planetarium & Visitor Centre will be celebrating Asteroid Day on 30 June 2019, and invites you to join in with the activities.
Throughout the day, in the seminar room on the 4th floor, you will be able to watch movies (in English) and listen to short talks (in German) about asteroids, their origins and what they can teach us about the Solar System, as well as the discoveries being made by ongoing asteroid research. No reservation is needed for the seminar room activities but seats are limited.
Programme:
12:30 Philipp Maier, Universität Stuttgart: “Asteroidenabwehr”
13:00 Wolfgang Beisker, Internationale Amateursternwarte (IAS) München & International Occultation Timing Association – European Section (IOTA-ES): “Was wir von Asteroiden aus erdgebundenen Beobachtungen lernen können”
13:30 Michael Frühauf, Planetary Defence Office, ESA, Darmstadt: “Was macht die ESA, um uns vor Asteroideneinschlägen zu retten?”
14:00 “51 Degrees North” film (in English)
15:30 Alena Probst, Bundeswehr University Munich: “Asteroid Mining”
16:00 Thomas Müller, Max-Planck-Institut für extraterrestrische Physik: “Die Hayabusa-2 Mission zum erdnahen Asteroiden Ryugu”
In the foyer area of the seminar rooms you will also find lots more information about asteroids.
Children can build their own asteroid model in the ground floor foyer area of the building. No reservation is required, simply drop by.
The new planetarium show, The Amazing Adventures of Rosetta and Philae, will be shown for the first time. A reservation is required to watch this show. You should book your places for the show in the normal way on our website.
In the evening there will be a public talk about asteroids, given (in German) by Dr Thomas Müller, of the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics (MPE): “Asteroiden: Gefahr aus dem All?”. A reservation is required to attend this talk. For a full description of the talk and to book your tickets please see our website.