Lunar Explorations Class 1/18/2013 (Updated 10:49:40 PM)Some
future astronauts took a journey to the moon Friday night. The
Kopernik Observatory and Science Center held a lunar
explorations class. Third and fourth graders learned all about
the Earth's natural satellite. Contrary to what Mick might think
---the moon is not made of green cheese --in fact, some of the
rock it's made of is a type of rock commonly found on the East
Coast of the United States. "The moon rocks from the Mountains
of the moon is something called aorthosite and you can actually
find that in the Adirondacks. Mounty Marcy area is made of the
anorthosite so it's the same type of rock," says Roy Williams,
Public Programming Coordinator. On Saturday night, Kopernik will
be at the Barrnes and Noble in Vestal with Cornell astronomer
Greg Sloan who will explain "what is science?" For more
information visit their website Kopernik.org. blog comments
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