JUNE 2022 // Flagstaff Business News
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Meteor Crater, Lowell Observatory Present Asteroid Day Flagstaff
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eteor Crater and Lowell Observatory are teaming up to host a one-day event centered around asteroids and their impact on Earth. Asteroid Day Flagstaff is scheduled for Thursday, June 30, with scientific experts speaking on panels and other programs addressing asteroids - what they are, how scientists look for them, the nature of impacts on Earth, and how Apollo astronauts studied Meteor Crater to prepare for their voyages to the impact-scarred Moon. These scientific programs will be complemented with other family-friendly activities that include tours of both Meteor Crater and Lowell Observatory, poi performances, food trucks, local beer and nighttime telescope viewing. Meteor Crater will host daytime events from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Lowell Observatory will host evening activities from 5 p.m. to 11 p.m. A special pass will be available for purchase that allows access to activities at both sites. “Lowell Observatory is excited to partner with Meteor Crater to cele-
brate Flagstaff’s first Asteroid Day,” said Chief Marketing and Financial Officer Danielle Adams, Ph.D. “Given our proximity to the world’s best-preserved meteorite impact site and the heritage of tens of thousands of asteroid discoveries at Lowell over the years, Flagstaff is the world’s best place to mark Asteroid Day.” Asteroid Day Flagstaff is one of many independently organized activities around the world supported by the United Nations-sanctioned program called Asteroid Day. It is designed to raise awareness about asteroids and their risks. Asteroid Day was founded in 2014 to recognize the dramatic asteroid that occurred June 30, 1908, and flattened 830 square miles of Siberian forest. “Right here in Northern Arizona, we can see the literal impact of asteroids on our planet,” said Meteor Crater and the Barringer Space Museum President and CEO Matt Kent. “What better place to hold an Asteroid Day event than here?” FBN For more information, visit asteroidday.org.
Meteor Crater, located 37 miles east of Flagstaff, is touted as Earth’s best preserved impact site. Courtesy photo
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