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2025 -10-24 PZS Showing Off the Solar System To Young School Groups and Occultation Adventures

Showing Off the Solar System To Young School Groups and Occultation Adventures in the Solar System, a seminar by Richard Nolthenius. Hear how the Cabrillo College Planetarium in Aptos, California used a PPA mini grant to upgrade their AV capabilities with a new laptop computer and software to present the latest spacecraft images from NASA’s growing visitations to our planetary neighbors. The classic A3P system now has an LCD projector to the dome ceiling, and kids can watch the stars circle and also enjoy close-ups of Mars and Pluto and other remarkable sites NASA has visited, together with engaging stories about e.g. the “Happy Face Crater” and the giant nitrogen “Heart” on Pluto. Richard also describes his experience and adventures as an observer of asteroid occultations (helping to determine the shapes and masses of asteroids), a discover of a new moons -- one around the asteroid Martschmidt and one around the first Kuiper Belt Object (50000) Quaoar, and more. Richard is chair of the Department of Astronomy at Cabrillo College, and active member of the Earth Futures Institute at UC Santa Cruz. He is Richard was part of the NASA ground team for the Hayabusa I Mission in Australia. His work also focuses on climate change and related societal issues. He was co-author of the 2019 Amazon best-seller “Climate Abandoned”.