Professor Jeremy Wood of HCTC presented a poster on The Dynamical Evolution of Centaurs,
Which Become Comets at the Division of Planetary Sciences (DPS) conference sponsored
by the American Astronomical Society in Pasadena, CA, Oct. 17 to 21. Wood, who teaches
physics and astronomy, is a Ph.D. student in astronomy, and he enjoyed meeting with
fellow professors from other countries, as well as throughout the U.S. The convention
center where the conference was held was in close proximity to the Planetary Society,
which Wood visited and even got to sit in the office chair of Bill Nye (the science
guy). As a Star Trek enthusiast, Professor Wood was excited to meet Robert Picardo
at the Planetary Society. Picardo appeared on the show Star Trek Voyager. A total
of 1,416 registrants and guests attended the conference. This was a joint U.S.-European
meeting, so there were hundreds of European planetary scientists attending, from more
than a dozen European countries (both Eastern and Western). Attendees also were from
Japan, the Middle East, Russia, and Korea. It was a truly international gathering.
