Also See - Christiaan Huygens: Facets of a
Genius here:
International Conference on the occasion of the
375th birthday of Christiaan Huygens, (born 14 April 1629)
In the 17th
century, Christiaan Huygens was one of the
most respected leading European scientists.
He was the
first to be what we would today call "scientific director" of the Académie
Française.
A highlight in
his career was the discovery of Saturn's largest moon, Titan, in
1655
PRELIMINARY PROGRAMME
This conference
will start with a tribute to Christiaan Huygens, his contributions and
interactions in the 17th century followed by recent results of observations of
Saturn/Titan from ground and space, an overview of the Cassini/Huygens
mission.
The conference will end with a public outreach day aimed at the
amateur astronomy community that will have the opportunity to present, in the
forms of posters or exhibits, their latest observations of Saturn and
Titan.
| Tuesday 13 April – Opening
session |
| 12:00 |
Registration |
| 14:00 |
Welcome by ESA Director General |
| 14:10 |
Opening speech by Mrs Maria van der Hoeven, Dutch Minister for
Education and Science |
| 14:30 |
Inaugural lecture:
Prof H.F. Cohen: “Christiaan Huygens and the
scientific revolution” |
| 15:00 |
Musical intermezzo |
| 15:30 |
coffee break |
| 16:00 |
Prof A Brahic: “The Voyager Odyssey” |
| 16:30 |
Musical intermezzo |
| 17:00 |
Prof R.M. Bonnet: “Cassini/Huygens in the European
context” |
| 17:30 |
Welcome reception |
| 19:30 |
end |
| Wednesday 14 April –
Christiaan Huygens, the person, the scientist and
interactions |
| 09:00 |
Prof A. van Helden: “Huygens and Saturn” |
| 09:30 |
Dr J. Yoder: “The Huygens manuscripts” |
| 10:00 |
Dr A. Cassini: “Cassini and Saturn” |
| 10:30 |
coffee break |
| 11:00 |
TBD: “Cassini, the scientist” |
| 11:30 |
Dr F.Chareix: “Huygens and Mechanics” |
| 12:00 |
Prof H. Bos: “Huygens and Mathematics” |
| 12:30 |
Prof C.A. Grimbergen: “Huygens and the advancement of time
measurements” |
| 13:00 |
Lunch |
| 14:30 |
Dr S. Débarbat: “Huygens, l’Académie des Sciences et
l’Observatoire de Paris” |
| 15:00 |
Prof. A. Dollfus: “Christiaan Huygens as telescope maker and
user” |
| 15:30 |
coffee |
| 16:00 |
Dr G. Molesini: “Testing the lenses of Campani, lens-maker for
Cassini” |
| 16:30 |
Prof F.J. Dijksterhuis: “The optics of Huygens” |
| 17:00 |
contributed papers on historical aspects |
| 17:45 |
return to hotel |
| 19:00 |
Huygens Birthday buffet dinner in Space Expo |
| after dinner |
Prof C.D. Andriesse: “Titan kan niet slapen” ( Huygens
biography) |
| 22:00 |
end |
| Thursday 15 April – Recent
results of Saturn/Titan observations, ground- and space based, theoretical
studies |
| 08:30 |
Prof D. Southwood: “Cassini/Huygens, the next steps towards the
outer planets” |
| 09:00 |
Dr. T. Encrenaz: “review of recent Saturn
observations” |
| 09:30 |
Dr C. Ferrari: “Satellite & rings heritage and follow-up to
Huygens” |
| 10:00 |
coffee break |
| 10:30 |
Dr A Coustenis: “Titan’s atmosphere and surface from imaging and
spectroscopy in the past decade” |
| 11:00 |
Dr T. Owen: “Models for the origin of Titan’s
atmosphere” |
| 11:30 |
Dr C. McKay: “Aerosols in Titan’s atmosphere” |
| 12:00 |
Dr D. Strobel: “Titan’s photochemistry” |
| 12:30 |
Dr F. Raulin: “Biochemistry of Titan” |
| 13:00 |
Lunch |
| 14:00 |
Dr D.B. Campbell: “Earth-based radar detection of seas on
Titan” |
| 14:30 |
contributed papers on ground-based and space observations (15 mins
each) |
| 15:30 |
Departure for museum visits
Boerhaave, Hofwijck, University
Library Leiden |
| Friday
16 April – The Cassini/Huygens mission: from past to
future |
| 08:30 |
Drs D. Gautier, W.Ip, T.Owen: “The genesis of the Cassini/Huygens
mission” |
| 09:15 |
Dr D. Matson: “The Cassini/Huygens mission” |
| 10:00 |
coffee break |
| 10:30 to 13:00 |
Latest Observations of Saturn and Titan by Cassini Orbiter
Instruments
(Programme to be established, invited papers, 20 mins
each) |
| 13:00 |
lunch |
| 14:00 |
Dr J.P. Lebreton: “The Huygens probe” |
| 14:30 to 16:00 |
What do we expect from the Huygens probe Instrument
Package
(Programme to be established, invited papers, 6 PIs – 15 mins
each) |
| 16:00 |
coffee |
| 16:30 |
Prof. J. Lunine: “Titan, what next” |
| 17:00 |
end |
| Saturday 17 April – Public
outreach day |
| 09:00 |
registration |
| 10:00 |
Welcome and coffee |
| 10:30 |
Dr A van Helden: “Huygens and his times” |
| 11:00 |
Mr P. Louwman: “Huygens and his telescopes” |
| 11:20 |
Dr T. Johnson: “Robotic exploration of the outer planets, a
historical perspective” |
| 11:50 |
Dr G Konnen: “Titan halos” |
| 12:20 |
Dr T. Owen: “Huygens and the search for life in the
Universe” |
| 12:50 |
Lunch |
| 14:00 |
JPL: “The Cassini/Huygens education and outreach
programme” |
| 15:00 |
Dr L. Friedman: “Public involvement in Planetary
Exploration” |
| 15:30 |
ESA’s Education and Outreach Programme related to
Cassini/Huygens |
| 16:30 |
contributions by amateur observers |
| evening |
Saturn and Titan viewing at ESTEC/Sterrewacht
Leiden
Barbecue? |
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