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Planet X: Fact or Fiction?Saturday, 3 Sept 2016 at 7:00pm
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Contact Information: events (at) phy-astr.gsu.edu or call 404-413-6033 |
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Is an unseen planet lurking at the edges of our Solar System? Is
it hiding from view and tossing comets at us, like some great
cosmic snowball fight? Or are we looking for members of our
planetary family where they do not, and cannot, exist? Planet X
(or Planet Nine or Nibiru or Planet McPlanetface) has been the
stuff of legends and of scientific study since Percival Lowell
-- of Lowell Observatory fame and canals on Mars infamy -- began
leading the search in the early 1900s. The search led to the
discovery of Pluto and several other small icy bodies, but
Planet X remains elusive to this day. Like Schrödinger's cat, who might be alive or might be dead (and as an aside, how absentminded of a professor must you be to not know if your pet cat is still alive?!), Planet X might be there... or it might not. Join us for a public debate where two of our esteemed dynamicists, Dr. Sebastien Lepine and Almost-Dr. Dicy Saylor, will face off and attempt to convince you to join their side. Who will be the victor? You decide. Plan to stick around for a little while after the debate and check out some of the planets that we know exist! We will set up some small telescopes in the Student Center plaza for viewing (weather permitting). |
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Dr. Sebastien Lepine |
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Almost-Dr. Dicy Saylor |
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Physics & Astronomy | Georgia State University |
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