The Scientific Legacy of Apollo, followed by Telescope Night
Dr. Marc Favata, Chair of the Physics and Astronomy Department at Montclair State University, will give a presentation with the title "The Scientific Legacy of Apollo" at Montclair State University, Center for Environmental and Life Sciences (CELS), Room 120. The presentation is followed by "Telescope Night", weather permitting. Please register using the link below.
The Scientific Legacy of Apollo
Marc Favata, Chair, Physics and Astronomy Dept, Montclair State University
Abstract - The primary goal of the Apollo missions was "landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to the Earth". But the Apollo astronauts also left several scientific experiments on the Moon and returned with 842 pounds of lunar materials. What did we learn from this? This presentation focuses on a few scientific questions that were informed by the scientific efforts of the Apollo astronauts including the formation of the Moon, the seismology and the composition of the Moon, and Lunar Laser Ranging and its role in testing general relativity.
Dr. Marc Farvata is the Chair of the Physics and Astronomy Department at Montclair State University. He is one of the researchers involved in the Laser Inferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) project. LIGO's goal is to observe the universe with gravitational waves using a network of laser interferometers. Dr. Favata received a doctorate degree from Cornell University and he held a postdoctoral position at the NASA/CalTech Jet Propulsion Laboratory. He was a visiting scholar in theoretical physics at CalTech, the Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics, and the Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics in Potsdam, Germany. In 2018, he was the only Simons Fellowship Award winner in Theoretical Physics from the state of New Jersey.
This event is being organized by Montclair State University's Harry A. Sprague Library, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, College of Science and Mathematics, Office of International Engagement, WMSC Radio, Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (LSAMP), the Disability Resource Center and the Center for Community Engagement. Funding has been made possible in part by the New Jersey Historical Commission, a division of Cultural Affairs within the Department of State, through funds administered by the Essex County Division of Cultural and Historic Affairs and the New Jersey Council for the Humanities, a state partner of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Any views, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this series do not necessarily represent those of the Nnational Endowmand for the Humanities or the New Jersey Council for the Humanities.
This event is co-sponsored by IEEE METSAC and the IEEE North Jersey/New York Information Theory Chapter.
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- Center for Environmental and Life Sciences (CELS)
- Montclair, New Jersey
- United States 07043
- Room Number: Room 120
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- Co-sponsored by Montclair State University
- Starts 01 September 2019 04:00 AM UTC
- Ends 27 September 2019 01:00 AM UTC
- No Admission Charge