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Here's how to find the John Wesley Powell Auditorium for tonight's 1602nd meeting.
See you at 7:30!🤔🍻🌏Asteroid #2024RW1 just burned up offshore of the Philippines. It's only the ninth asteroid astronomers have accurately detected before impact on Earth, and is a good sign that our planetary defense capabilities are improving.
A M3.8 earthquake rattled Montreal today - small, but a good opportunity to take a look at the geology.
In 1663, a M7.3+ earthquake occurred to the northeast, and it's thought to be associated with ...a 350 million-year-old asteroid impact?!?
Read more on our blog; link in bio.
Slate of officer candidates for 2020
The proposed slate of GSW officers for next year is:
President: Ester Sztein (National Academy of Sciences)
1st VP: Liz Cottrell (National Museum of Natural History ,Smithsonian Institution)
2nd VP: Larry Meinert (Independent consultant & Editor, Economic Geology)
Treasurer: Carl-Henry Geschwind (Independent researcher)
Council Secretary: Pat Carr (National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency)
Council Members: Pranoti Asher (American Geophysical Union)
Julia Nord (George Mason University)
Bill Craddock (United States Geological Survey)
Meeting Secretary: Beth Doyle (Northern Virginia Community College)
The Society will vote on this slate at the 127th annual meeting, on December 4th, following the 2019 Presidential address.