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University of Colorado at Boulder

Contact:
Fran Bagenal, (303) 492-2598
bagenal{at}lasp.colorado.edu
Greg Swenson, (303) 492-3113

February 11, 2003

GALILEO MISSION TO JUPITER
TOPIC OF FISKE PLANETARIUM SHOW

The many discoveries of the Galileo spacecraft in its journey through 
space and around Jupiter will be explored at CU-Boulder's Fiske 
Planetarium on Friday, Feb. 21, and Tuesday, Feb. 25, at 7:30 p.m.

University of Colorado at Boulder Professor Fran Bagenal will present 
her live show "Galileo: Mission to Jupiter," as part of the 
planetarium's monthly astronomy talks. The live talks are given by 
CU-Boulder professors and guest lecturers.

During her show Bagenal will present the explorations of Jupiter from 
the time of Galileo Galilei's first discovery of Jupiter's moons in 
1610 to the recent flyby of Jupiter by the Cassini spacecraft on its 
way to Saturn.

The audience will learn about the stormy weather in Jupiter's 
atmosphere where storm systems can merge and create giant storms that 
make hurricanes on Earth look like an afternoon breeze, said Bagenal, 
a professor in the astrophysical and planetary sciences department.

The audience also will see images of the swirling clouds of Jupiter's
atmosphere and the strange geology caused by the extremes of ice and 
molten lava on the four very different worlds of the Galilean moons.

Galileo was launched in October 1989 from space shuttle Atlantis with 
the mission of studying Jupiter and its moons in more detail than ever 
before.

Admission for the show is $5 for adults, $4 for students and $3 for 
children and seniors. Tickets go on sale at 7 p.m. the night of the 
show. The Sommers-Bausch Observatory will be open to the public after 
the Friday evening show, weather permitting. Admission to the 
observatory is free.

For more information about Fiske Planetarium and other shows and 
programs it offers, call (303) 492-5001 or visit the Web site at 
www.colorado.edu/fiske.

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