A beautiful online meeting on the discovery of exoplanets and "Earths" similar to ours with the Neapolitan Amateur Astronomers Union and Professor Giovanni Covone!
In the time of Coronavirus many of the activities that previously took place in the presence were necessarily moved online and among these also include the interesting popular astronomy meetings of the Neapolitan Amateur Astronomers Association.
Tomorrow 10 June 2020in fact, there will be one direct Facebook very special with a very important speaker: the Professor Giovanni Covone, of the Federico II University, associate professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics, who acquired notoriety for participating in the important discovery of an Earth-like exoplanet.
The discovery of "Twin lands": exoplanets similar to ours
The beautiful speech by Prof. Covone is entitled "Other lands. The search for exoplanets, from Giordano Bruno to space telescopes”And, starting from Giordano Bruno's philosophy relating above all to the existence of“ other Earths ”in the Universe, he will talk about current research on the discovery and study of exoplanets.
His speech will also deepen the discovery of his research team in January 2020.
How to participate in the meeting
To attend this meeting, and to pose questions and curiosities via comments, that's enough connect to the UAN Facebook page and click on the Live video from 20.30.
The planet Toi 700 d: one of our "similar"
The research group of Prof. Covone, which also includes the young student of the Master in Physics Luca Cacciapuoti, Has collaborated with NASA analyzing the data collected by the Tess telescope. Just during this job the planet was later renamed Toi 700 D, which is located at a distance from its star such as to consider it in the habitability zone.
Of this important goal and of the incredible discoveries in this field the Professor will speak to us during the direct Facebook accessible to all (even to those who are not registered on the social platform).
An event not to be missed!
