Pushing the Limits - Exploring the Solar System with Voyager and Juno

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The University of Iowa has a long history of space exploration, beginning with the first satellite observations with Van Allen’s Explorer 1 instrument and extending to nearly all the planets and beyond. This talk by Dr. William S. Kurth (Dept. of Physics & Astronomy) will focus on Voyager and some of the science that twin spacecraft mission is acquiring in the interstellar medium and the extraordinary lengths being taken by the flight team at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory to keep the Voyagers operating (47 years). He’ll also briefly discuss a much younger mission, Juno, exploring Jupiter. Despite Jupiter’s intense radiation environment, Juno is nearing completion of a four-year mission extension.

Live In-Person event at the Cedar Rapids Public Library with live-stream via Zoom

Note: Cedar Rapids on-street parking is free after 5:00 PM.  The ramps are not free. 


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  • Date: 25 Feb 2025
  • Time: 06:30 PM to 07:45 PM
  • All times are (UTC-06:00) Central Time (US & Canada)
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  • 450 5th Ave. SE
  • Cedar Rapids, Iowa
  • United States 52401
  • Building: Cedar Rapids Public Library
  • Room Number: Beams Auditorium (B)
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  • Starts 07 February 2025 12:00 PM
  • Ends 25 February 2025 02:00 PM
  • All times are (UTC-06:00) Central Time (US & Canada)
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William of University of Iowa, Dept. of Physics & Astronomy

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Pushing the Limits - Exploring the Solar System with Voyager and Juno

Biography:

 Dr. Kurth is a Research Scientist in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Iowa where he has been a member of the Radio and Plasma Wave group since 1979 upon the completion of his Ph.D. in physics. His research focuses on plasma waves in space plasmas in planetary magnetospheres and the solar wind as well as solar system radio astronomy. He has done extensive work on plasma waves at Earth and each of the giant gas planets. He has studied auroral kilometric radiation at Earth and non-thermal radio emissions at Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. He discovered low-frequency heliospheric radio emissions generated at and beyond the heliopause. He is the Principal Investigator for the Voyager Plasma Wave Science investigation and Lead Co-Investigator for the Juno Waves Investigation. Previously, he was the Principal Investigator for the Radio and Plasma Wave instrument on Cassini; and a Co-Investigator on the wave investigations on Van Allen Probes, Galileo, and Polar.

 

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Address:613 Van Allen Hall, , Iowa City, Iowa, United States, 52242




Agenda

Introductory Remarks

Presentation by Dr. William S. Kurth, University of Iowa Research Scientist (Dept. of Physics & Asstronomy)

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