Monthly General Meeting, August 5th
The Rio Rancho Astronomical Society will hold its monthly
General Meeting on Friday, August 5th, starting at 7:30 PM.
The meeting will be at Rainbow Park Observatory, located at
301 Southern Blvd. in Rio Rancho (on the north side of the
pool). The meeting is also available via Zoom, and the link
can be found below.
Jayne Aubele of the New Mexico Museum of Natural History &
Science will present a talk titled “A Half-Century of Venus
Geological Exploration and the New Missions to Venus.” She
will compare and contrast the geological features of Venus,
Earth, and other planets. She will also provide details
about the planning
stages of new missions to the “Volcano Planet.”
Jayne Aubele is a geologist and adult programs educator for
the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science. As a
geologist, she specializes in terrestrial and planetary
volcanology. She worked as a field geologist for the U.S.
Geological Survey, a planetary geology research scientist
for NASA, a staff research scientist at Brown University,
and a NASA Space Grant program manager. In addition, she is
a past-Chair of the Planetary Geology Division of the
Geological Society of America, past-President of the New
Mexico Academy of Science, and a Fellow of the Geological
Society of America.
Both the meeting and presentation are free and open to the
public. A stargaze at the observatory will follow the
meeting, weather permitting. For more information, call
(505) 430-9604.
Link to Zoom Meeting