Jesuit Brother Bob Macke, a Vatican astronomer and meteorite expert, has designed a custom device for studying material from NASA's Osiris-Rex mission, which collected samples from the near-Earth asteroid Bennu. The spacecraft is set to return its cargo to Earth on September 24, and Brother Macke's device, called a pycnometer, will analyze the density and porosity of these samples. With his expertise and innovative approach, Brother Macke is contributing to the understanding of the mysterious rocks from the asteroid's surface, potentially unveiling valuable insights about the solar system's history.

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📷: Jesuit Brother Robert Macke presents a device to study the porosity and density of specimens retrieved from the asteroid Bennu by the Osiris-Rex space mission at the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory in Tucson as seen in a YouTube video he posted on his channel Aug 12, 2022.
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Great Lakes Association of Astronomy Clubs

1 week ago

Astronomy At The Beach fundraising #raffle Winners

Grand Prize 8" Celestron Telescope - Ticket 230327
Private Star Party - Ticket 230293
Private Planetarium Show - Ticket 230192
Andromeda Galaxy Image - Ticket - 230129
Whirlpool Galaxy Image - Ticket 230276
Dumbbell Nebula Image - Ticket 230393
Iris Nebula Image - Ticket 230233

All winners have been contacted.

Congratulations to all the winners of the Astronomy At The Beach fundraising Raffle.

We hope to see you all at next year's event with more telescopes, more talks and more raffle prizes.
Special thanks to #celestron for donating our grand prize and also to the local astronomers that donated the astrophotography Images.

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It was really nice, glad I saw you on FB.

Great Lakes Association of Astronomy Clubs

2 weeks ago

#astronomyatthebeach 2023 in full swing.
Last night was a fun filled event with lots of telescopes on the beach, fantastic talks at the tent. and so many hands on actifities.

#nasa table was was always busy.

Tonight we do it again.

4PM start with Solar Observing.

First talk in the tent starts at 7PM on how to make a comet. Second talk 7:45PM with Paul Gross #local4news, retired, on forecasting the weather for the Solar Eclipse.
Last talk of the night will be Liam Finn NASA Solar System Ambassador presenting about the upcoming eclipses, why and how they happen.

Special Thanks to #celestron who donated our grand prize, 8' Starsense Telescope for our #raffle.

Drawing will be after tha last talk tonight.

Skies are clear, lets get our #astronomy fix at Astronomy at the Beach tonight.

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It was amazing ! I came with my kids and they loved seeing the Jupiter with its moons! Thanks for organizing this event ! Definitely worth a visit ☺️

It was a big crowd last night.

Çome on out.....nice group of people....

See you there

Where?

Missed it, but it's OK because Facebook will send me a reminder in 3 or 4 days.

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Great Lakes Association of Astronomy Clubs

2 weeks ago

#astronomyatthebeach is about to begin. Tonight and tomorrow #STEM #stemeducation . Join us to observe the night sky, Join #nasa at their table and learn about NASW missions, #solareclipse2023 and #solareclipse2024 ... See MoreSee Less

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