THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24 at 7PM - Galilean Moons: Past, Present and Future with Dr. Fran Bagenal
As Juno’s orbit has evolved over 8 years, the spacecraft has also made flybys of the Galilean moons Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto. This provides an opportunity to review the history of the Galilean moons, discuss previous observations made by , , and missions to provide the context for recent flybys. Looking to the future, and Ìýmissions will be probing deeper into these very different worlds.
Ìýis a senior research scientist and professor at the University of Colorado, Boulder and is co-investigator and team leader of the plasma investigations on NASA’s New Horizons mission to Pluto and the Juno mission to Jupiter. Her main area of expertise is the study of charged particles trapped in planetary magnetic fields and the interaction of plasmas with the atmospheres of planetary objects, particularly in the outer solar system. She edited the monograph Jupiter: Planet, Satellites and Magnetosphere (Cambridge University Press, 2004).
Born and raised in the UK, Dr. Bagenal received her bachelor degree in Physics and Geophysics from the University of Lancaster, England, and her doctorate degree in Earth and Planetary Sciences from MIT (Cambridge, Mass) in 1981. She spent five years as a postdoctoral researcher at Imperial College, London, before returning to the United States for research and faculty positions in Boulder, Colorado. She has participated in several of NASA's planetary exploration missions, including Voyager 1 and 2, Galileo, Deep Space 1, New Horizons and Juno.
Tickets: $12 General AdmissionÌý& FREE for CU Students showing a current Buff Card (only applies to this show).ÌýYou can also .
CU students must call ahead (303-492-5002) or emailÌýus at fiske@colorado.eduÌýto reserve a ticket + tickets must be picked up the day of the event. Tickets not picked up by 6:30pm on Thursday, Oct. 24th will be released to the public.