[meteorite-list] "moon-rock-related" Moon Tree Celebration at LPL! Mark your calendars!

[Dolores Hill]

Greetings Meteorite and Space Program aficionados (we know you go 
hand-in-hand):

I send an invitation to a very special Moon Tree Celebration on Friday, 
October 30 from 4:30-5:30 pm at the University of Arizona's Lunar and 
Planetary Laboratory (LPL) in Tucson, AZ. It is free and open to the 
public! We know space program enthusiasts will be especially excited to 
come celebrate! (At 4 pm there will be a variety of exhibits and posters).

As far as I know, this is the first time The University of Arizona's 
Moon Tree (eastern sycamore) has been officially honored since its 
planting. The keynote speaker is Jack Roosa, son of astronaut Stuart 
Roosa who took 400-500 seeds to the moon and back on Apollo 14 in 1971. 
The whereabouts of only 64 surviving trees are known around the world.

Everyone is invited to this free event that is sure to have something 
for everyone as we celebrate interconnections to this special Tree via 
the Apollo program, founding of the Lunar & Planetary Lab, poetry, tree 
science, and A.E. Douglass' contributions to both astronomy and 
dendrochronology. Afterwards we will screen the Desert Moon movie 
narrated by astronaut Mark Kelly and have a Star Party with Tucson 
Amateur Astronomy Association on the UA Mall.

The event is jointly sponsored by the UA Poetry Center, UA Campus 
Arboretum and UA Lunar and Planetary Laboratory. For more information 
contact me and/or visit the Campus Arboretum website: 
http://arboretum.arizona.edu/celebrating-moon-tree.

Hope to see you there!
Dolores Hill
Lunar & Planetary Laboratory
University of Arizona



-- 
Dolores H. Hill
Sr. Research Specialist
Lunar & Planetary Laboratory
Kuiper Space Sciences Bldg. #92
The University of Arizona
1629 E. University Blvd.
Tucson, AZ 85721
http://www.lpl.arizona.edu/

OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Return Mission Communication & Public Engagement Team
Lead OSIRIS-REx Ambassadors program
Co-lead OSIRIS-REx Target Asteroids! citizen science program
Co-coordinator Target NEOs! observing program of the Astronomical League

http://osiris-rex.lpl.arizona.edu/
http://osiris-rex.lpl.arizona.edu/?q=target_asteroids
http://www.astroleague.org/files/u3/NEO_HomePage.pdf