Mtg&Talks: "Jan Oort and Gerard Kuiper" and "Ganymede Dreamin'"

At the Warren Astronomical Society's Cranbrook meetings, we spend the first hour or so of the meeting on club business and observing reports, then have two presentations, one short and one full-length.

Main Talk: "Jan Oort and Gerard Kuiper: the solar system surrounded by a belt and a cloud", by Kuiper's astronomy student Ken Bertin. Ken will show us the redefiners of the solar system up close and personal.

Ken Bertin is a hobbyist astronomer for over 65 years, Past President and VEEP of WAS, Solar System Ambassador, 10 Total Solar Eclipses, 4 Annular eclipses, 6 Transits of Mercury, 2 transits of Venus. 15 Lunar eclipses. Written over 50 long presentations, over 400 short presentations.

Short talk: "Ganymede Dreamin'" by Gary Ross, in which it will be thrown open to the finest minds of the Society whether Isaac Asimov's passing speculation about Ganymede's elongations could have changed the course of scientific history.

Of himself, Gary says: "I am the 3rd Greatest Observer in Michigan and Grand Duke of Urban Astronomy. I have never used a computer in observing nor astro-photography, except one time with Gary Rapella's (sp?) 8" looking at Uranus, and have no intention of starting. I was one of the best 1st Vice-Presidents in Society history, but not as good as the current one."

Header image courtesy of the ESA.
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After each Cranbrook meeting of the Warren Astronomical Society, a number of Club members go to the Redcoat Tavern (31542 Woodward Ave., Royal Oak, MI 48073) for a snack and/or a drink and informal chat. Guests are also invited to join us there. We generally leave from the Cranbrook meeting when it ends about 10 PM, and meet at the restaurant a few minutes later. We order food from the menu, sit around and chat for about an hour, and leave the restaurant by midnight.

Directions: Head south on Woodward. The Redcoat will be on your left, on the east side of Woodward, two blocks north of 13 Mile and just north of Burger King. Make a Michigan left and find parking either in front or the large back lot.
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If you would like to present either a short talk (10-15 minutes) or a full-length talk (45-60 minutes) at a future meeting, please email Jonathan Kade at firstvp@warrenastro.org.
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The views expressed in presentations are those of the speakers and do not necessarily represent, and should not be attributed to, the Warren Astronomical Society.
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