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7 pm: Village: Astronomy Night Program in the Shrine of the Ages Auditorium
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Free.Location: LAT/LONG: 36.000000, -112.000000
From the South Entrance Station, continue following the road you are on for 6 miles, and it will lead you to Parking Lot A/Park Headquarters/Shrine of the Ages. Shrine of the Ages is located at the west end of the parking lot. The program will take place inside in the auditorium room. View the map below.
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7 pm - Astronomy Night
Join Grand Canyon Astronomer in Residence Dr. Adeene Denton for her program in the Visitor Center Theater: "Canyons Across the Solar System."
Laser-guided constellation talk under Grand Canyon's night skies to follow, weather permitting. Special event!!
Location: South Rim Village - This event takes place at the Shrine of the Ages Auditorium and is free and open to the public.
Grand Canyon Conservancy welcomes Dr. Adeene Denton as Astronomer in Residence at Grand Canyon National Park from February 8–26, 2024. Dr. Denton is a geologist and planetary scientist interested in giant impacts and their influence on the formation and evolution of icy satellites and ocean worlds in our solar system.
She uses a combination of numerical tools, from shock physics modeling to finite element software, to explore the effects of giant impacts, which begin in the first few seconds after impact and can extend for hundreds of millions of years. She is passionate about integrating numerical modeling, fieldwork, and everything in between to approach planetary problems.
Dr. Denton is trained as a scientist, historian, and dancer, which informs her scientific and artistic work.
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Photo Courtesy of Project SKYGLOW
Photo courtesy of Adeene Denton