Asteroids – The Sky Tonight
It’s the first week of the month. You know what that means… it’s time for The Sky Tonight!
The Sky Tonight
The Sky Tonight is held in person at the Fleet Science Center the first Wednesday night of every month and the second Sunday in the Heikoff Giant Dome Theater in Balboa Park. The Sky Tonight show takes the audience on a tour of the night sky, and then we focus on a specific topic. This month, we’ll discuss asteroids!
What will you see?
After a sky tour, we’ll discuss asteroids, those potato-shaped small chucks of rock that orbit our Sun. Why are we interested in them? How many are there? Where are they in the solar system? What spacecraft missions are currently exploring them?
And if you can’t join us in person, join us for The Sky Tonight: Virtual Edition on the third Wednesday at 7 PM. We’ll make sure you see all the same beautiful images as the audience under the dome. And these shows are pay-as-you-wish! From free to $20, with any amount going to support events like these. Just make sure you register in advance so you can receive the Zoom link.
Hopefully we’ll see you soon at The Sky Tonight and other events at the Fleet Science Center.
Wishing you clear skies!
The Fleet Science Center posted their virtual events from the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic, including several of our Sky Tonight shows. Check them out here: (https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLeqFlmu52YsSI51Y7dK3BtTgSIcso9JY1)
If you’re interested in asteroids, check out this post about the OSIRIS-REx mission: https://lisawillspace.com/2023/09/osiris-rex-brings-pieces-of-an-asteroid-to-earth/
