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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0070C0">Johnson Space Center Astronomical Society Meeting
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<u>ONLINE</u></span></b><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The January meeting of the JSCAS will be held
<b>ONLINE</b>, tonight, January 8<sup>th</sup>, at 7:30 pm, <b>on YouTube</b> </span>
<span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">which can be accessed at this link:</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.5in"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCf1NUQVpZ8mB2h5JFVra_tg">https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCf1NUQVpZ8mB2h5JFVra_tg</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#26282A">Dr. <span class="ydpb0119c48yiv3712646613gmail-il">Andrea</span> Isella of Rice University</span></b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#26282A">
will present a talk <b>C.L.E.V.E.R Planets Project, an Update</b>. (You can learn more about him and his research here:
<a href="http://planetformation.rice.edu/">http://planetformation.rice.edu/</a></span><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> )<span style="color:#26282A">
</span></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#26282A">The talk include what it takes to make a life-bearing planet:</span><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#26282A">
</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#26282A">1)</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:New;color:#26282A"> </span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#26282A">Form the planet</span><span style="color:#26282A"> </span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#26282A">2)</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:New;color:#26282A"> </span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#26282A">Bombard
the planet with a source of water</span><span style="color:#26282A"> </span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#26282A">3)</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:New;color:#26282A"> </span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#26282A">Geology
releases life-giving elements</span><span style="color:#26282A"> </span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#26282A">4)</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:New;color:#26282A"> </span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#26282A">Life-giving
elements are redistributed </span><span style="color:#26282A"> </span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#26282A">5)</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:New;color:#26282A"> </span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#26282A">Life-giving
elements recombine and life arises. Each of these has a research group. Dr. Isella’s group Studies Step #1: <i>Where, when, and how do rocky planets form? What is their abundance of ingredients necessary for life?<o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The agenda for this month's meeting:</span></b><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:90%;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;line-height:90%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;letter-spacing:.3pt">Update: C.L.E.V.E.R. Planets Project - Dr. Andrea Isella, Rice University</span><span style="font-size:13.0pt;line-height:90%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:13.0pt;line-height:90%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;letter-spacing:.3pt">Member’s Minute – Conjunction Images - Chris Wells & Treavor Quinn</span><span style="font-size:13.0pt;line-height:90%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:13.0pt;line-height:90%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;letter-spacing:.3pt">Member’s Minute – M1 Project – Doug Holland
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<span style="font-size:13.0pt;line-height:90%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;letter-spacing:.3pt">Star Party News – David Haviland</span><span style="font-size:13.0pt;line-height:90%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#26282A">To submit questions for our presenters during the meeting, please either enter your questions as a YouTube comment (if you have an
account that will allow doing so) or send your questions to: </span><a href="mailto:jscaslive@gmail.com"><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">jscaslive@gmail.com</span></b></a><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#BFBFBF"> </span><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#26282A">Also, the JSCAS YouTube Channel link will be posted on the JSCAS web page:
<b> </b></span><a href="http://www.jscas.net"><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">http://www.jscas.net</span></b></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0070C0">JSCAS</span></b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> is open to
<u>anyone who wants to learn about astronomy and membership is <b><span style="color:#C00000">FREE</span></b></u><b><span style="color:#C00000">!</span></b>
<i>(It's the best offer money can't buy!)</i> After joining, you’ll have access to our amazing
<b>Astronomy DVD Library</b> with 100’s of choices to learn from (from <i>Astronomy Magazine</i>,
<i>NASA, The Great Courses, Discovery Channel</i>, etc.). Our meetings are held on the 2nd Friday of each month at 7:30 pm in
<b>the lecture hall of <i>The Lunar & Planetary Institute</i></b>. (3600 Bay Area Blvd. at Middlebrook Dr., aka
<b>USRA Bldg.</b>) For more info, s<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#C00000">Note to all those who have borrowed DVDs from the JSCAS Media Library</span></u></b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#C00000">:
Please hold your borrowed DVDs until the next meeting held at the Lunar & Planetary Institute.
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