I appreciate Steven Desche for hosting me. I also got some good information from several faculty, and will be better able to incorporate the earlier work of Sumner Starrfield, who long ago studied what happens when material from a stellar companion accretes onto a star (or falls onto a star).
ASU has many interesting projects organized around a university-wide emphasis on interdisciplinary research. I was able to hear a fascinating talk on the mineralogy of Mars from a scientist working on the Spirit rover. He showed how it is not completely stuck and just might get out yet.
Next week: Hawaii.
I will talk about Planet Destruction at the Bishop Museum planetarium in a free public talk.
See
http://www.bishopmuseum.org/calendar/february.html and click on the
lecture on Feb 16
( the text is http://www.bishopmuseum.org/calendar/events/feb16.html )
http://www.bishopmuseum.org/
lecture on Feb 16
( the text is http://www.bishopmuseum.org/
My father is taking my family, all 16 people. It's far more of a fancy thing than he has ever done since he has always been very careful with money, though growing up my parents did a wonderful job of driving us to see much of the U.S.
It will be great talking astronomers with people in the Aloha state!
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