Frontiers of Astronomy Community Event

Scientists to Explain "Origins of Oceans"

Where does water come from? How did water get to Earth? Do other planets have oceans? These are some of the questions that the next Frontiers of Astronomy Community Event, “Origins of Oceans,” will attempt to answer. This discussion among scientists from several disciplines will take place at 7:00 p.m. on Monday, March 3 in the Art Building Auditorium on the University of Hawaii Manoa campus.

The scientists who will be participating include Dr. Robert Jedicke, an astronomer with the UH Institute for Astronomy, Dr. Karen Meech, an astrobiologist and head of the NASA Astrobiology Institute at UH, Dr. Stephen Mojzsis, a geologist at the University of Colorado, UH oceanographer Dr. Michael Mottl, and Dr. Torrence Johnson, a planetary scientist based at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, CA.

The event is sponsored by the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy and the UH NASA Astrobiology Institute. It is being held in conjunction with a major scientific workshop, "Origins of Water," hosted by the UH NASA Astrobiology Lead Team on Molokai February 27 through March 1.

Campus map: http://www.ifa.hawaii.edu/specialevents/artBldgmap.jpg

More about the Molokai workshop: http://www.ifa.hawaii.edu/UHNAI/water.html and http://www.ifa.hawaii.edu/UHNAI/waterDDF/waterpeople.ht

Free Admission. UH Manoa Campus Parking is $3.00.

Event Sponsor
UH Institute for Astronomy, Manoa

More Information
Mrs. Karen Rehbock, 956-6829, rehbock@ifa.hawaii.edu, http://www.ifa.hawaii.edu/specialevents/Frontiers08/

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