HUNTING FOR PLANETS AROUND NEARBY STARS

 

New York, NY (May 31, 2012) - The Carnegie Institution of Washington Department of Terrestrial Magnetism’s staff scientist Paul Butler has focused on improving the measurement precision of stellar Doppler velocities, from 300 meters per second in the 1980s to 1 meter per second in 2010. This technique detects the tiny wobbles stars undergo from the gravitational tugs of orbiting planets. Butler designed and built the iodine absorption cell system at Lick Observatory which resulted in the discovery of five of the first six known extra-solar planets. He and his colleagues found most of the first 200 such planets with this instrument, which has become the de facto standard for precision Doppler studies. It has been adopted by teams at the University of Texas, Harvard, and elsewhere in Europe and Japan. In addition, he has also discovered hundreds of extra-solar planets, including the first planet to transit its host star, the first sub-Saturn mass planets, the first Neptune-mass planet, and the first terrestrial-mass planet. This work has been featured on several front page articles in the New York Times, the Washington Post, as well as a TIME magazine cover story.



May 31st, Thursday
Check-In and Open Bar at 6pm, 7pm Start
Reservation Notes: FREE!!!

Reservations are suggested on a first-come first-served basis. Please call 212.628.8383, or send your email to reservations@explorers.org.

 

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New York, NY 10021

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EC Film Series: TSANGPO GORGE

New York, NY (May 24, 2012) - The waters of Tsangpo Gorge presented the team of seven young international expedition kayakers with raging torrent more than 20 times stronger than the Colorado River in the Grand Canyon. At the screening, in addition to seeing the film, hear filmmaker Scott Lindgren tell tales of huge whitewater, mutinous Tibetan porters and arrest by the Chinese when the team returned to Lhasa. Producer Les Guthman will talk about how the expedition and film were planned, financed and produced by NBC. Lindgren and his team were the first to achieve the whitewater descent of the 19,000 ft. deep Tsangpo Gorge in Tibet known as the Everest Rivers.



May 24th, Thursday
Check-In and Open Bar at 6pm, 7pm Start
Reservation Notes: Free for Explorers Club members; $20 for members of the public; $5 for students with a valid academic ID. Reservations are suggested on a first-come first-served basis. Please call 212.628.8383, or send your email to reservations@explorers.org.

The Explorers Club

46 East 70th Street (b/w Park and Madison Ave.)

New York, NY 10021

212.628.8383

what can i do? ^__^