Or rather, welcome back. My name is Danielle Frostig and I took Astronomy 16 last spring. Here is a link to my previous introduction. I won't bore you by repeating everything I wrote there. Instead, I will share what is new.
General life updates: I am no longer a wide-eyed freshman living in Weld Hall, but rather a seasoned sophomore living in Quincy House. I am still planning on majoring in Astrophysics, and at some point this semester, I will have to officially declare my concentration. I had a fun summer with lots of travel going to Israel, home to California, and to China. This leads me to...
Astronomy life updates: In China I got to teach astronomy to about fifty Chinese high school students. It was a lot of fun and an interesting challenge to teach astronomy in Beijing, where it is too polluted to see stars. Additionally, I happened to be in Los Angeles the day all the Pluto data was coming in from the New Horizons mission. While at the Griffith Observatory, I had the chance to see the data coming in and hear from lead scientists about their new discoveries. My favorite thing I learned about that day was the crazy, chaotic orbit of one of Pluto's moon's, Nix.
Here's to the new semester!
Danielle
Whoa!! It's so cool that you've already taught your first astronomy class, Danielle :)
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