A Close Look at Meteorites/Create a Moon Phase Calendar
Wed, October 2, 2019 12pm – 2pm
John C. Hitt Library
Main Floor
A free craft event to celebrate
the International Observe the Moon Night festivities at UCF. Join us to
view and learn about meteorites brought to you by the Astronomy Society and
make your own 2019 Moon Phase Calendar. We will have a table set up on the
main floor of the John C. Hitt Library starting at 12:00 noon.
“Looking Forward to the Moon”
Talk by Dr. Kerri Donaldson Hanna
Thurs, October 3, 2019
3:30 pm – 4:30 pm
John C. Hitt Library
Rm 223
Join us for a moon talk led by
Dr. Kerri Donaldson Hanna to celebrate the 2019 International Observe the Moon
Night event at the John C. Hitt LIbrary! Dr. Hanna is a planetary geologist and
Assistant Professor in the Department of Physics at the University of Central
Florida (UCF). She received her BS in Space Sciences from Florida Institute of
Technology in 1999, her MS in Geological Sciences at Brown University in 2010,
and her PhD in Geological Sciences from Brown University in 2013. Dr. Donaldson
Hanna was a postdoctoral researcher within the Atmospheric, Oceanic, and
Planetary Physics sub-department at the University of Oxford before receiving a
UK Space Agency Aurora Research Fellowship to continue her research at Oxford
for an additional 3.5 years. While at Oxford, she held a Junior Research
Fellowship at Christ Church College and was awarded the early career Winton
Capital Geophysics Award from the Royal Astronomical Society.
Knights Under the Stars
International Observe the Moon Event (InOMN)
Saturday, October 5, 2019
6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Knights Plaza
Come join us for a fun filled
evening full of moon activities for all ages! Earn your InOMN passport by
passing through our moon phase hands-on activity/event stations to learn
more about the moon! Activities will include cratering,
understanding Moon landings from countries around the world, scale models,
telescope observing (of the Moon and other celestial objects), water
rockets, robotic mining, moon coloring, and books and resources for checking
out from UCF Libraries!
For more information visit:
“Knights Under the Stars” Public Event Schedule – UCF
Planetary Sciences Group
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Observatory and UCF Library on Twitter or Facebook for updates including
possible weather delays or cancellations.
