"For years our program has aimed not only to present the progress of astronomy, but to give an opportunity to our members to hear, see, and visit with eminent scientists who actually are contributing to the ever-widening horizon of our knowledge of the universe. ”
1947 CAS brochure by Dr. Jason J. Nassau
The Cleveland Astronomical Society
LECTURE NEWS: MEETINGS:
2024 - 2025
The Cleveland Astronomical Society Lecture Series
has announced the lineup of speakers for the 103rd Season.
The Juno spacecraft has been orbiting Jupiter since 2016, and has revolutionized our understanding of the giant planet. There have been far too many discoveries from Juno to present them all in a single talk, but Dr. Levin will cover some highlights, including recent results from Ganymede, Europa, and Io, as well as Jupiter’s circumpolar cyclones. Questions will be encouraged. See http://science.nasa.gov/mission/juno and https://missionjuno.swri.edu for details about Juno and some spectacular images from Juno’s visible-light camera, JunoCam.
BIOGRAPHY: Dr. Steven M Levin is a Juno Project Scientist and he is the Lead co-I for Juno MWR also a GAVRT Lead Scientist all at NASAs Jet Propulsion Laboratory. He received his PhD in Physics, from the University of California at Berkeley (1987) and his A.B. in Physics from the University of California at Berkeley (1981).Dr. Levin, has worked at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory since 1990. During that time, his research interests have included the Cosmic Microwave Background, the search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI), measuring magnetic fields in star-forming regions, looking for near-Earth asteroids, modeling radio emission from Jupiter’s radiation belts, and microwave observations of Jupiter. He has done radio astronomy from large radio telescopes, mountain top research stations, the South Pole, high-altitude balloons, and spacecraft. He is currently the Project Scientist for Juno, Lead Co-I for the Juno Microwave Radiometer, and Lead Scientist for the Goldstone Apple Valley Radio Telescope project (GAVRT). He has co-authored over 200 peer-reviewed scientific papers.