{"id":6697,"date":"2018-11-09T17:17:55","date_gmt":"2018-11-09T22:17:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/?p=6697"},"modified":"2019-06-04T16:24:15","modified_gmt":"2019-06-04T21:24:15","slug":"planetarium-presents-nine-planets-and-counting-nov-13","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/2018\/11\/09\/planetarium-presents-nine-planets-and-counting-nov-13\/","title":{"rendered":"Planetarium presents &#8216;Nine Planets and Counting&#8217; Nov. 13"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2018\/11\/nine-planets.jpg\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2018\/11\/nine-planets.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-6698\" width=\"250\" height=\"285\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2018\/11\/nine-planets-200x228.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2018\/11\/nine-planets.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a>The Bushman Planetarium at Missouri Western State University presents a public showing of &#8220;Nine Planets and Counting&#8221; at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 13. The planetarium is located inside Agenstein Hall.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNine Planets and Counting\u201d gives viewers a tour to explore the variety of objects that populate our solar system. Along the way, we\u2019ll examine each planet individually and then step back to look at the big picture: rocky worlds compared to gas giants and more. What is a planet, anyway? The answer may surprise you.<\/p>\n<p>The Bushman Planetarium features a Digistar 4 projection system and a dome that is tilted slightly, rather than directly overhead, making viewing easier. A 17-channel stereo sound system enhances the viewing experience.<\/p>\n<p>Planetarium tickets must be purchased in advance, either online at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/planetarium\">missouriwestern.edu\/planetarium<\/a> or in person at Agenstein Hall, room 140 during regular business hours (8 a.m. to noon and 1 to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday).<\/p>\n<p>Tickets are $5 for adults, $3 for children, students, seniors and military.<\/p>\n<p><em>Missouri Western State University is a comprehensive regional university providing a blend of traditional liberal arts and professional degree programs. The university offers student-centered, high quality instruction that focuses on experience-based learning, community service, and state-of-the-art technology. Missouri Western is located in St. Joseph, Mo., and is committed to the educational, economic, cultural and social development of the region it serves. Visit <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\"><em>www.missouriwestern.edu<\/em><\/a><em>. <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Bushman Planetarium at Missouri Western State University presents a public showing of &#8220;Nine Planets and Counting&#8221; at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 13. The planetarium is located inside Agenstein Hall. \u201cNine Planets and Counting\u201d gives viewers a tour to explore the variety of objects that populate our solar system. Along the way, we\u2019ll examine each [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[814,48],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6697"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6697"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6697\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8920,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6697\/revisions\/8920"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6697"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6697"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6697"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}