Surprises from the Pluto System: Better Geology Through Chemistry
NASA's New Horizons spacecraft flew through the Pluto system in July
2015, after almost a decade en route. Since the encounter, it has
transmitted a spectacular trove of data back to Earth, leading to many
remarkable discoveries and a new appreciation of the complexities of a
system that manages to remain active despite the extreme cold at the
outer edge of the solar system. This talk will show some of the
scientific highlights and puzzles that the New Horizons science team
has been investigating and will also briefly look ahead to January 2019
when New Horizons will get the first ever up-close look at a small
Kuiper belt object.
Will Grundy
Dr. Will Grundy’s research involves icy outer Solar System planets,
satellites, and Kuiper belt objects, using a broad variety of
observational, theoretical, laboratory, and space-based techniques. He
is a co-investigator on NASA’s New Horizons mission, heading the
mission’s surface composition science theme team.
"What's Up?" in this month will be presented by Chris Butler
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