Wednesday March 11th, 7:30 pm, at Kaleideum North the Forsyth Astronomical Society will have its regularly scheduled monthly meeting. Guest speaker Thomas Hefner will be giving the presentation on Johannes Kepler. Thomas has been a member of the Greensboro Astronomy Club for the past decade. Currently Thomas teaches science at the Middle College at UNCG which is a magnet school within the Guilford County School System. He also works certain weekends operating the Omnisphere for the Greensboro Science Center.
Thomas’ presentation will cover Kepler’s contributions to astronomy and physics. Starting with a brief overview of his life, we’ll take a look at his 3 Laws of Planetary Motion which Sir Isaac Newton used to help establish the Law of Universal Gravitation. Part of the presentation will be the connections between Kepler and Newton and some of the implications of the Law of Universal Gravitation. At the end of the talk there will be a brief overview of some of the accomplishments and “firsts” that are credited to Kepler.
Following the presentation portion, we will have a brief business/planning meeting and as always, there will be an informal social gathering 30 minutes or so before the meeting. Come early for the best choice of doughnuts. All meetings are open to the public, free of charge and all interested in astronomy are welcome. Hope to see you there.
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