Speaker's Night: When worlds collide: asteroids, comets and the Earth

Speaker: Professor Margaret Campbell-Brown

Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Western Ontario
 

Abstract: From grains of dust to massive asteroids, tons of interplanetary material collide with the Earth every day. Meteoroids the size of a grain of sand, moving at tens of kilometers per second, can disable spacecraft; larger objects can pose a danger to people and property. In addition to the risks they pose, these objects are pieces of comets and asteroids, the primitive building blocks of the solar system. Meteor properties can therefore give us insight into the formation of planets.

Who can attend: Everyone
Fee: Free
Registration: Not required
Organized by: RASC, Toronto Centre and York University
Link: https://www.youtube.com/rasctoronto/live