Earth's biggest celebration of our Solar System's smallest worlds returns on March 28th! Please join us as we rally in support of Ceres, Pluto, and our other Trans-Neptunian kin, and honor the incredible achievements of Dawn and New Horizons.
Detail for the day:
1:30pm to 2:15pm: sign making, pre-rally fun
2:15pm : Dwarf Planet Pride Parade, including a moment of silence at Neptune Coffee (across the street from our shop). This takes about 15 minutes.
2:30pm to 3pm : Student debate and dwarf planet pride rally.
Special guests:
Alan Stern - Principal Investigator for the New Horizons Spacecraft and Pluto expert
Dr. Sarah Ballard - research astronomer at UW, NASA Carl Sagan Fellow, discoverer of over 50 exo-solar planets
Alan Boyle - Science editor at NBC News, author of A Case for Pluto and the Cosmic Log blog
Dr. Oliver Fraser - astronomy professor at UW, Portable Planetarium mobilizer
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