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12 The Tar Heel Thursday, June 10. 1971 Planetarium show tours planets by Bruce Mann i'vamiv .(or "Grand Tour of the Planets." the Morehead Planetarium's new summer show, traces the path that outer planetary spacecraft missions will follow later in this decade. Specifically, the show, which opened June 1. focuses on the journey ol TOPS, the acronym for Thermoelectric (nuclear-powered) Outer Planet Spacecraft, a immiiii II mi mi mum i mum . Hi' i, ' v -i C Ft " . ; - ..-.fii-.: r A Ziess planetarium device is used to project images on the dome of the Morehead Planetarium for the summer shows. There are only five others like it in the world and it is worth a quarter of a million dollars. program which will launch artificial satellites on courses to Jupiter. Saturn. Uranus. Neptune and Plu lo. In September ll77. when these outer planets will be arranged in the most appropriate lineup for space travel in 1 75 years, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration will send two flights, following in IW with the last of the series of study missions. The Planetarium's narrators Richard Knapp, John Zunes. Fred Sanders. ;tnd Tom Heftier start the show with a visit lo Jupiter, a planet TOPS will lake two years to reach. ; vi Jupilc. named after the Roman god of thunder, is an unusual planet due lo its turbulent lightning, its puzzling red spot (which is perhaps a depression on the planet's surface), its swift ten hour day, and the large amount of radio noise it emits. This turbulence, which appears to be an inner source of energy, leads scientists to believe that Jupiter may indeed supply the key to the organization of lite Saturn, with its mysterious floating rings, is the next slop on the tour. The Planetarium program speculates on the theories of the rings' composition using artists' conceptions. The comment that Saturn is hypothetical the only planet which would actually float in water-it has a density less than that of water-is also discussed. The space mission next visits Uranus, first of the so-called "invisible planets." Its unusual atmosphere and contorted orbital paths are both investigated and illustrated, the explanation of the latter abnormality serving as introduction to Neptune, the planet which exerts a tugging effect on Uranus. Neptune also has its unusual feature, an erratically behaving outer moon which orbits in the opposite direction from the inner moon. As the TOPS vehicle approaches Pluto, the audience watches from the desolate landscape surface of the planet. TOPS will reach Pluto after a nine year journey. Special effects during the program include an illustration of retrograde motion of the planets, a recording of actual radio noise monitored from Jupiter, and enlarged representations of the TOPS spacecraft and the outer planets against the background of a 1977 sky as only the Zeiss Model 6 Planetarium Projector can showit.L.-'ibf.i ,. . .Students who have never experienced this unique type of educational environment should take advantage of the opportunity to witness this far better-than-average planetarium presentation in Chapel Hill. After all, the Zeiss inkrurnent is one of only six in the world, the others being located in metropolitan centers such as New York and Chicago. " "Grand Tour of the Planets" may be seen through the summer at 1 1 ajn., 3 and 8:0( 'p.m. on weekdays; at 11 a.m., 1,3, 4 and 8:30 pm. on Saturdays; and at 2,3, 4 and 8;3Q "p.m. on Sundays. No reservations are required. Admission to the Planetarium Sky Theater is $1.25 for adults, $1.00 for students and $.75 for children through eleven years of age.. No reservations are required. Oft E(oSu,fJ(l ft Surplus a ooytique Slope Welcome Summer School Students ! EtepfleJbD Pftfto Portable Potties! With 5 Sanitary Disposable Baggies-Reduced From $4.95 To $3.95 Lee Dress Pants $4.98 All Other Dress Pants 25 Off Sandals $1.59 Biggest Selection Of Denims In Town Ugly Hats 30 Off New Mountain Type Sleeping Bags Were $37.50 Now Only $29.95 SHIRT SALE REGULAR PRICE SALE PRICE $10 and Above $6.98 $7.50-9.99 ..$5.98 $5.99 - 7.49 $4.98 $4.99 - 5.98 ....v.....!., ulaiuMKliiltlll tiki tkttti.nl Hill tit. $3.98 $2.98 .... .... tl,t4.1l! Ud to $4.95
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