Jacques van Oene
March 22nd 05, 09:56 PM
Dolores Beasley
Headquarters, Washington March 22, 2005
(Phone: 202/358-1743)
MEDIA ADVISORY: M05-045
NASA CHANGES SPITZER SCIENCE UPDATE TO TODAY
Astronomers will announce major findings about planets outside our
solar
system, known as extrasolar planets, at a NASA Science Update at 3 p.m. EST
today.
The Update is in the NASA auditorium, 300 E St., SW, Washington. NASA TV
will
carry it live. Reporters may watch the briefing at participating NASA
centers.
The discoveries were made by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope. Researchers
have
discovered new capabilities of the infrared telescope to aid in the study of
these planets.
Panelists:
-- Dr. Drake Deming, chief, planetary systems laboratory, NASA's Goddard
Space
Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md.
-- Dr. David Charbonneau, assistant professor of astronomy,
Harvard-Smithsonian
Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, Mass.
-- Dr. Alan Boss, staff research astronomer, Department of Terrestrial
Magnetism,
Carnegie Institution of Washington
-- Dr. Kim Weaver, moderator; Spitzer program scientist, NASA's Science
Mission
Directorate, Washington.
NASA TV is available in the continental United States on AMC-6, Transponder
9C,
C-Band, located at 72 degrees west longitude. The frequency is 3880.0 MHz.
Polarization is vertical, and audio is monaural at 6.80 MHz. NASA TV is
available
In Alaska and Hawaii on AMC-7, Transponder 18C, C-Band, located at 137
degrees
west longitude. Frequency is 4060.0 MHz. Polarization is vertical, and audio
is
monaural at 6.80 MHz.
-end-
--
--------------
Jacques :-)
www.spacepatches.info
Headquarters, Washington March 22, 2005
(Phone: 202/358-1743)
MEDIA ADVISORY: M05-045
NASA CHANGES SPITZER SCIENCE UPDATE TO TODAY
Astronomers will announce major findings about planets outside our
solar
system, known as extrasolar planets, at a NASA Science Update at 3 p.m. EST
today.
The Update is in the NASA auditorium, 300 E St., SW, Washington. NASA TV
will
carry it live. Reporters may watch the briefing at participating NASA
centers.
The discoveries were made by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope. Researchers
have
discovered new capabilities of the infrared telescope to aid in the study of
these planets.
Panelists:
-- Dr. Drake Deming, chief, planetary systems laboratory, NASA's Goddard
Space
Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md.
-- Dr. David Charbonneau, assistant professor of astronomy,
Harvard-Smithsonian
Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, Mass.
-- Dr. Alan Boss, staff research astronomer, Department of Terrestrial
Magnetism,
Carnegie Institution of Washington
-- Dr. Kim Weaver, moderator; Spitzer program scientist, NASA's Science
Mission
Directorate, Washington.
NASA TV is available in the continental United States on AMC-6, Transponder
9C,
C-Band, located at 72 degrees west longitude. The frequency is 3880.0 MHz.
Polarization is vertical, and audio is monaural at 6.80 MHz. NASA TV is
available
In Alaska and Hawaii on AMC-7, Transponder 18C, C-Band, located at 137
degrees
west longitude. Frequency is 4060.0 MHz. Polarization is vertical, and audio
is
monaural at 6.80 MHz.
-end-
--
--------------
Jacques :-)
www.spacepatches.info