How BIG is BIG, How F A R is FAR and HOW SMALL WE REALLY ARE!
Are we there yet? Are we there yet? Are we there yet? How many times have you heard that on just a journey around the country? Just think that even at the speed of 1,000 miles per hour (twice what most commercial airliners fly) it would still take 8.3 years to reach the nearest star (our Sun) and for all intents and purposes we haven't left our block yet. Copernicus was right; we are not the center of the Universe (although some teenage girls will argue that point). Want to find out how we may not even be a Dust Mote in God's eye (my apologies to Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle for using their title)? Then join Skip Bird, Outreach Director of the Westminster Astronomical Society. Learn fun and unique ways to leave the planet, journey to the stars and still be back in time for dinner.
Date: Monday, August 26, 2019
Time: 2 p.m. - 4 p.m. Eastern
Location:
Carroll County Public Library, Westminster Branch
50 East Main Street
Westminster, MD 21157

