What does Saturn’s rings and liquid nitrogen cooled pumpkins have in common?

We are going to be have some cool events next week. Monday Evening!!

Event #1: Astronomy Night! There are three bright planets in the evening sky. Saturn, Jupiter, and Mars. We should also be able to get to see the Moon later on as well. We will also go for the Andromeda galaxy. We are going to start at 7:30pm and go through 10:00-ish pm. The event is scheduled for Monday 10/5.

Space is limited. If you are a student and are interested please work with the physics club to attend the event, email Katie Gifford at (katherinegifford@mail.adelphi.edu). Anyone else, please email me directly. mwright@adelphi.edu

We will meet on the North West (Near Baseball field and Library) side of Blodgett outside at 7:30pm.

Imagine taken from: https://www.electronicproducts.com/how-a-15-year-old-captured-this-photo-of-saturn-using-his-iphone-and-a-telescope-in-his-backyard/#

Event #2: Pumpkin Drop! We are going to drop some liquid Nitrogen cooled pumpkins out the window, because why not? Seriously why not? Then we will throw them out the window and measure the gravitational acceleration constant, because why not?

The event is scheduled for Monday 10/5. The event will start at 6:00pm. We will meet on the North West (Near Baseball field and Library) side of Blodgett outside.