Asteroids and Exoplanets
A series of hands-on activities will be conducted in order to demonstrate different astronomy principles. Children are invited to swing a sound-making ball in order to teach the principle of the Doppler effect, and its implications for finding exoplanets are discussed. Next, A flour-filled pan is bombarded with balls of varying size and mass as an analogue for studying impact craters on the surface of the moon. Finally, a latex sheet stretched over a hula hoop is used to demonstrate concepts in Einstein's relativistic universe, including the orbits of planets and the development of black holes.
Alex Gagliano and Aishwarya Kumar
Alex Gagliano is a junior undergraduate studying Computational Modeling and Data Analytics at Virginia Tech. He is looking to pursue a career in astrophysics and astronomy outreach. Aishwarya Kumar is a first year graduate student in Electrical Engineering, specializing in Electromagnetics at Virginia Tech. She would like to conduct interdisciplinary study involving astronomy and astrophysics leading to a career in research and academia.
A series of hands-on activities will be conducted in order to demonstrate different astronomy principles. Children are invited to swing a sound-making ball in order to teach the principle of the Doppler effect, and its implications for finding exoplanets are discussed. Next, A flour-filled pan is bombarded with balls of varying size and mass as an analogue for studying impact craters on the surface of the moon. Finally, a latex sheet stretched over a hula hoop is used to demonstrate concepts in Einstein's relativistic universe, including the orbits of planets and the development of black holes.
Alex Gagliano and Aishwarya Kumar
Alex Gagliano is a junior undergraduate studying Computational Modeling and Data Analytics at Virginia Tech. He is looking to pursue a career in astrophysics and astronomy outreach. Aishwarya Kumar is a first year graduate student in Electrical Engineering, specializing in Electromagnetics at Virginia Tech. She would like to conduct interdisciplinary study involving astronomy and astrophysics leading to a career in research and academia.
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