Brother Guy J.Consolmagno,S.J Director of the Vatican Observatory.
Don’t miss two public talks by Brother Guy J.Consolmagno,S.J, Director of the Vatican Observatory and a planetary scientist whose work bridges deep faith and cutting edge astronomy.
Brother Guy J.Consolmagno,S.J. is the Director of the Vatican Observatory, a Jesuit brother since 1978, and planetary scientist with a Ph.D. from MIT. Brother Guy has spent his career at the intersection of rigorous astronomy and deep faith. He’s authored numerous books on science and spirituality and is former President of the Vatican Observatory Foundation.
What’s Surfacing About Bennu?
NASA’s OSIRIS REx spacecraft found asteroid Bennu’s surface strewn with boulders that nonetheless trap heat like fine powder. In this seminar, Brother Guy will explain how laboratory measurements of CM and CI carbonaceous chondrite meteorites reveal the surprising story behind Bennu’s thermal properties.
Venue: Rehua Building 002 (Lectorial), University of Canterbury, Ilam Campus.