Bartlesville Astronomical Society Monthly Meeting

Our guest speaker for this meeting will be Dan Zielinski, Jenks Planetarium Director.   He will be presenting on "The Copernicus Method".  

Presentation detail:  Nicolaus Copernicus lived from 1473 to 1543 and wrote "On the Revolutions of the Celestial Spheres" which famously laid the groundwork for the overthrow of the geocentric universe that had held sway for millennia.  But what many people are not aware of is that Copernicus' heliocentric system allowed for the first scale model of the entire known solar system in terms of the size of the Earth's orbital radius.  What most also assume is that the math and observations involved are too advanced and complex.  Dan will show that, with only middle school math, anyone can measure and calculate the distances the planets are from the Sun!

Bartlesville Astronomical Society meetings feature presentations on a variety of astronomy and space science topics. Our meetings are open to the public and guests are always welcome.
Setup/social time begins at 6:30 pm and the meeting starts at 7:00 pm.  We also host the meeting on Zoom. in addition to in-person.  Club members are sent the Zoom link.  If you aren't a Club member and would like to have the Zoom link sent to you, please email bvilleastro@gmail.com.
For more information about Bartlesville Astronomical Society, please visit: https://sites.google.com/site/bartlesvilleastronomyclub/home