South Downs Planetarium Trust - Exploring the Planets with Robots

The Solar System (Image courtesy of NASA)

E x p l o r i n g t h e P l a n e t s w i t h R o b o t s

Faster your seat belts for a fast-paced tour of the Sun's family

Important Notice:
At the start of a Planetarium show, your eyes will take a few minutes to adapt to the dark. For this reason, latecomers cannot be admitted. To avoid this, please ensure that you arrive at least 15 minutes before the start time.
The dates and times are:
Friday, 31st October 7.30 pm
Admission Prices: £6.00 for adults, or £4.00 for children under 16.
PLEASE NOTE that we are unable to accept credit or debit cards at present.
This show is suitable for children age 6 and upwards.
ALL SHOWS LAST ABOUT AN HOUR.
As space in our star theatre is limited, visitors for the public presentations are strongly advised to book tickets in advance to avoid disappointment.
Tickets may be reserved by telephoning the Planetarium on 01243 774400, or the ticketline on 07818 297292.
If we are unable to deal with your telephone request for information immediately, please leave your name and telephone number and the nature of your enquiry and we shall call you back as soon as we can.
Tickets for the public presentations are also available, to personal callers only, from the Tourist Information Office in South Street, Chichester.

Come to the Planetarium to see how robot spacecraft have changed our view of Earth's planetary neighbours. Robots are able to go where it would be too dangerous or too far for humans to go. They are able to take pictures and make measurements on our behalf, radioing the results back to Earth.

While many robot probes have just flown past planets, some have gone into orbit around them, while others have actually touched down on the surface - where a solid surface exists!

Having explored hot little Mercury, closest planet to the Sun, cloud-covered Venus, and Red Mars, those robots have headed for the outer Solar System. Through the rocky reaches of the asteroid belt beyond Mars, they have shown us giant Jupiter, Saturn with its beautiful rings, blue-green Uranus and deep blue Neptune, last of the giant planets. Beyond lie the icy dwarfs of the Kuiper Belt - worlds like Pluto and Eris - which will be explored by robots in the future.

Fasten your seat belts for the trip of a lifetime....