Shapley Lecture: “Exploring Asteroids” – presented by Dr. Patrick Miller

Lecture will be at Gullo 2 Hall at 6:00 pm, September 18, 2025
Shapley Lecture: “Exploring Asteroids”

A Professor of Mathematics, Dr. Miller also teaches astronomy at HSU and other colleges, both to undergraduate and graduate students. He conducts astronomy research methods courses at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and National Radio Astronomy Observatory. He founded and directs the International Astronomical Search Collaboration (IASC). Through IASC, students make original discoveries of near-Earth objects, Main Belt asteroids, and trans-Neptunian objects using data provided by Pan-STARRS (University of Hawaii), Catalina Sky Survey (University of Arizona), and the Dark Energy Survey (University of Michigan).
Dr. Miller will discuss the basic science of the asteroids then share more about IASC, showing the general public how they can make original discoveries of Main Belt asteroids found between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter.