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PRESS RELEASE<br>
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FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT:<br>
June, 15,
2015
Teresa
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The Cape Cod Museum of Natural History presents <br>
<i>Planet Quest: The Search for Another Earth </i>with Dr. Chuck
Kunesh<br>
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BREWSTER, MAThe Cape Cod Museum of Natural History in Brewster, MA will
be hosting speaker Dr. Chuck Kunesh who will be giving a presentation on
astronomy <b>Friday, July 10, 2015 at 1:00pm.<br>
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Dr. Kunesh’s presentation will first explore the major and minor planets
that orbit the sun in our own solar system, and then look back at what
people from ancient times through the 20<sup>th</sup> century thought
about the possibility of other solar systems around other stars. He will
discuss how astronomers discovered the first Jupiter-like planets
orbiting other stars by using something called the “radial velocity
method”, how the Kepler spacecraft has discovered thousands of additional
planets by using something called the “transit method”, and the future
plans that astronomers have to find more Earth-like planets around nearby
stars and to look for evidence of life on those planets.<br>
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Chuck Kunesh is from western Pennsylvania and received his Ph.D. from the
University of Pittsburgh in physical chemistry. His career was spent
conducting and managing industrial chemical research, but ever since he
was a child his real passion has always been astronomy. Chuck is a member
of the Lehigh Valley Amateur Astronomy Society in Allentown, PA and has
given numerous talks on astronomy and space travel in schools and at
astronomy events. He currently resides in Bethlehem, PA, but spends as
much time as possible at his vacation home on Cape Cod.<br>
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<b> Free with Museum Admission<br>
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ext. 133<br>
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Teresa Izzo<br>
Program Coordinator<br>
Cape Cod Museum of Natural History<br>
869 Main St./Rte. 6A<br>
Brewster, MA 02631<br>
508-896-3867 x137<br>
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