Events: detail
Poking Holes in Planets
- Speaker:
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Sarah Stewart, Harvard University
- Starts:
- November 16, 2008 at 02:00 pm
- Ends:
- November 16, 2008 at 04:00 pm
- Location:
- Harvard Museum of Natural History, 26 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA. 02138
- Maps:
Description
Why do meteors occasionally leave their orbit and come crashing to Earth? And what happens when one strikes the Earth at 50,000 miles per hour? Harvard University geologist Sarah Stewart will talk about how her laboratory uses high-tech equipment to simulate major meteor impacts, including a 20-foot long cannon that blows up rocks!
- Registration required:
- No
- Free:
- No
Additional information
Lecture is free with regular museum admission. Please see Web site for details.
For more information
- Contact person:
- Contact Museum
- Phone:
- 617.495.3045
- Website:
- Poking Holes in Planets
