Lecture
- Date and time
- Oct 25, 1:00 p.m. - 2:15 p.m.
- Place
- Large seminar room
The Search for Planets and Life Outside the Solar System
Edwin L. Turner (Professor of Princeton University)
In recent years astronomers have begun to explore planetary systems orbiting stars other than the Sun using a variety of new techniques and instruments, a development paralleling the discoveries made by Galileo 400 years ago when he made the first telescopic observations of the heavens.
Thousands of "exoplanets" have been discovered and studied, many of them quite unlike the familiar 8 planets of the Solar System in nearly every possible way. An overview of the Galaxy's astonishing population of exoplanets will begiven.
Despite this exciting progress and the new field of astronomy it has created, we have not yet been able to answer what are widely regarded as two of the most interesting questions about exoplanets: Are there worlds closely resembling the Earth among them, and does life exist on such Earth-like worlds. TMT and other future observatories on the ground and in space will allow us to begin to answer these fundamental questions about the nature of the Universe and life's place in it. Some of the novel techniques which are expected to allow us to probe exoplanets for signs of life will be described.
Site
- National Astronomical Observatory of Japan Mitaka campus
- Institute of Astronomy, the University of Tokyo (next to NAOJ Mitaka Campus)
- Mitaka Picture Book House in the Astronomical Observatory Forest (next to NAOJ Mitaka Campus)
Information
- Host
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- National Institutes of Natural Sciences, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan
- School of Science, the University of Tokyo, Institute of Astronomy
- Department of Astronomical Sciences, School of Physics Sciences, the Graduate University for Advanced Studies
- Support
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- The Astronomical Society of Japan
- Foundation for Promotion of Astronomy
- Cooperation
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- The University of Tokyo CO-OP, Observatory Branch
- Osawa Residents Association
- Mitaka Picture Book House in the Astronomical Observatory Forest
[Notes]
- The entrance is the main gate of the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan(NAOJ). The rear gate will be closed on the day. So, the visitors who visit the Mitaka Picture Book House in the Astronomical Observatory Forest, please come in through the main gate of NAOJ.
- The program (map) will be given away at the admission desk. When you visit the campus, please visit here at first.
- On the day, parking spaces for bicycles and motorcycles will be available. Please walk a bicycle in the campus. Please walk a bicycle in the campus.
- Please do not come to the campus by a car. (The visitor parking of NAOJ will not be opened on Oct. 24 - Oct. 25.)
- If visitors with disabilities want to visit by a car, please contact us. We will make arrangements.
- If visitors with disabilities want to visit by a car, please contact us. We will make arrangements.
- Please do not bring your pets in to the campus. However, the service animals allowed in the campus.