ASTEROID DAY HIGHLIGHTED EVENT
POTOSÍ BOLIVIA
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The Asteroid Day Potosí Bolivia 2019 was hosted at the SOS Children's Villages on June 28 and 29. Organized by the The Kuiper Palatine Geology Club in association with the Geological Engineering degree at the Tomás Frías Autonomous University, the two days of scientific dissemination aimed at children belonging to the Reception Center.
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The event included informative talks, observations with telescopes, dynamics and interactive scientific videos. It also featured prestigious academic presenters, such as: Ing. Eddy Arancibia, Ing. Federico Anaya, Lic. Edwin Barañado, Univ. Fabricio García and Univ. Helen Moreira and whose presentations were related to asteroids.
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Also present were members of the Kuiper Planetary Geology Club and the Galileo Galilei Astronomy Club, such as Paola Martínez, Cristhian Díaz, Eddy Martínez, Brisa Maquera, Juan Choque and Edson Benitez. On the last day of the event, Eleco Artistic El Sol performed a puppet theater (Direction: Juan Ameller, Actresses: Telma Amezaga, Samanta Vitória and Lizet Soto), with the theme "The extinction of dinosaurs".
Special thanks to Estefania Victoria and Martínez Mayorga for organizing this independent event in Bolivia.
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ASTEROID DAY
HIGHLIGHTED COMMUNITY MEMBER
KATIE YOUNG
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A recent graduate from the Metropolitan State University of Denver, Katie Young was an Asteroid Day LIVE intern in Luxembourg this past June. She served as a video production assistant to Grig Richters while running the social media for Asteroid Day leading up to 30, June. We were so impressed with Katie after Asteroid Day, we brought her onto the team to run social media and assist with communications.
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ASTEROID DAY EXPERT PANEL (ADXP)
HIGHLIGHTED MEMBER
PROFESSOR RICHARD CROWTHER
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Professor Richard Crowther is Chief Engineer at the UK Space Agency and Visiting Professor within Engineering and the Environment at the University of Southampton. He was Head of the Space Technology Division at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory until 2008 with primary research interests in man-made orbital debris, planetary protection, and near Earth objects (asteroids and comets that pass close to the Earth).
He is currently Head of the UK delegations to the Inter-Agency Debris Committee and the United Nations Committee on Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (UN COPUOS). Professor Crowther also leads the UK delegation to the European Space Agency’s International Relations Committee, and Space Situational Awareness Programme Board. Click here to watch his opening statement from Asteroid Day LIVE from London 2015.
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ASTEROID DAY HIGHLIGHTED SPONSOR
SOCIÉTÉ EUROPÉENNE DES SATELLITES (SES)
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Société Européenne Des Satellites (SES), led by CEO Steve Collar, has been a Premiere Lead Asteroid Day sponsor for the past 3 years. You can watch CTO Ruy Pinto at Asteroid Day LIVE 2019 in Luxembourg here.
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SES Video reaches over 351 million TV homes, through Direct-to-Home (DTH) platforms and cable, terrestrial, and IPTV networks globally. SES Networks provides global managed data services, connecting people in a variety of sectors including telecommunications, maritime, aeronautical, and energy, as well as governments and institutions across the world.
Find out more about SES at www.ses.com.
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Danica Remy and Grig Richters,
Asteroid Day Co-Founders
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THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS
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