5 things learned at the symposium

When I made my way to the symposium I made it there just in time to catch one poster because all the others were being taken down. However it was John's so I learned a lot
1. Over the summer John worked with a professor studying Differential Photometry ( Studying light from different asteroids.)
2. John told me he learned that you can view asteroids with astronomy not just the stars.
3. Also you can see changes in the universe through studying the light things give off
4. When studying the asteroids 10 Hygiea and 9 Metis, they used a CCD camera in Australia to make their observations.( I assume they used it through online usage)
5. The rotation periods of 10 Hygiea and 9 Metis were 26.9 hours and 5.6 hours respectively, they discovered this by using a method called Fourier transforms.
They also observed signal noise, which they measure through the amount of light that the asteroid gives off per rotation.
Also I got a nice little picture of our wonderful classmate John

Essay 4 Progression

Thus far on the final essay of the semester I have made some progress but not as much as I would have liked up to this point. I have done most of my research on my topic, gathering a well rounded group of sources to help back my thesis statement. Also I have finished the opening paragraph which I feel draw's the reader in and clearly states my thesis. The rest of the paper however is not in the works yet. My motivation level to write the paper has been low but hopefully I can watch  some college basketball and get the ball rolling. I need another source on the history of March madness ( year it started, possibly number of views each year etc. ) and that will make the paper really get going because i'll give the basic history and also the basic rules of the selection process of March Madness. Hopefully I can get the paper really started soon and will have a great draft ready for class on Wednesday.