Lowell Observatory’s
annual I Heart Pluto festival is back, celebrating the 95th
anniversary of Pluto’s discovery on February 18, 1930.
This year’s celebration, held in Flagstaff, Arizona, features a Pluto Pub Crawl with Pluto-themed drinks and talks with Lowell astronomers; various science talks including a keynote Night of Discovery featuring Alan Stern, David Levy, and Adam Nimoy, son of Star Trek actor Leonard Nimoy; various festival activities, and a children’s choir performance of “Ode to Pluto,” the song by Mark Burrows that I sing at my annual birthday party.
There will even be a “Shakespeare on Pluto” performance, a comedy with music celebrating both Shakespeare and space exploration.
For more on these events, which take place tonight and this weekend, visit Lowell’s I Heart Pluto page.
Even if you can’t make it to Flagstaff, this is the time to celebrate Pluto’s discovery 95 years ago and learn more about this small but amazing planet.
I hope some of the talks will be recorded and put online and will keep everyone informed if and when this happens.
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