We walked on science! […] by Aurélien Crida

2024-04-04 08:34:18

A cycle of conferences proposed by the Côte d’Azur Observatory in collaboration with the City of Nice.

“We walked on Science – Physical phenomena well (or poorly) illustrated in Tintin’s lunar adventure by Hergé.”

Speaker: Aurélien Crida – Teacher-researcher at the Lagrange laboratory of the Observatoire de la Côte d’Azur and supervisor of the MAUCA Master (Master in astrophysics at Université Côte d’Azur) (Observatoire de la Côte d’Azur, CNRS, Université Côte d’Azur).

Summary: The first man to have walked on the Moon was of course Tintin, in 1954. During this comic adventure which has fascinated young and old for 70 years, Hergé remarkably anticipated certain aspects of these space missions, and learned many things. to its readers. But he also made some small mistakes. As an astrophysicist, I offer you a rereading of “We walked on the Moon” to understand the physics that reigns there, basic concepts like the “Earth light” which illuminates the last days of our heroes on the Moon or the possible presence of water on the Moon, to the beginnings of general relativity, including the asteroid Adonis and the famous “escape velocity” for the rocket.

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Other conferences by Aurélien Crida

“History of the rings and satellites of Saturn”, conference filmed at the Institut Physique de Rennes 09/29/2020: A. Crida “History of the rings and satellites of Saturn”, conference filmed at the Institut Physique de Rennes 29/09 /2020: A. Crida
The Henri Chrétien Pavilion, historic building of the Côte d’Azur Observatory seen by Aurélien Crida
Zoom conference “Exoplanets, growth and the Fermi paradox”, Big Brain Astronomical Observatory

Wednesday May 29 from 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Palais Lascaris15, rue Droite 06000 NiceEntry: €5 / Free with the Nice museum card

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