{"id":9254,"date":"2019-10-11T10:43:50","date_gmt":"2019-10-11T15:43:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/?p=9254"},"modified":"2019-10-14T09:31:34","modified_gmt":"2019-10-14T14:31:34","slug":"bushman-planetarium-shows-nine-planets-and-counting-oct-16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/2019\/10\/11\/bushman-planetarium-shows-nine-planets-and-counting-oct-16\/","title":{"rendered":"Bushman Planetarium shows &#8216;Nine Planets and Counting&#8217; Oct. 16"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-9012\" src=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2019\/06\/nine-planets.jpg\" alt=\"poster for Nine Planets and Counting\" width=\"250\" height=\"285\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2019\/06\/nine-planets-200x228.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2019\/06\/nine-planets.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/>Oct. 11, 2019\u2014 The Bushman Planetarium at Missouri Western State University will have a public showing of \u201cNine Planets and Counting\u201d at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 16.<\/p>\n<p>How many planets are there in our solar system? Nine, right? Or is it eight? Maybe it\u2019s ten, or twelve, or more. Take 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 in Agenstein Hall 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=\"https:\/\/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>Oct. 11, 2019\u2014 The Bushman Planetarium at Missouri Western State University will have a public showing of \u201cNine Planets and Counting\u201d at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 16. How many planets are there in our solar system? Nine, right? Or is it eight? Maybe it\u2019s ten, or twelve, or more. Take a tour to explore the [&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":[624],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9254"}],"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=9254"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9254\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9256,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9254\/revisions\/9256"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9254"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9254"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9254"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}