Recent Galileo Conjunctions

  • Appeared as “Galileo” at AAS/ASP Convention in St. Louis, June, 2008 to present “Galileo’s Lute and the Law of Falling Bodies”– an excerpt from Galileo 1610, in preparation for the International Year of Astronomy- 2009 .
  • Appearances at First and Second Annual SCAE (Southern California Astronomy Exhibition) at OPT (Oceanside Photo and Telescope) July, 2006-2007
  • David Levy interviews Mark Thompson as “Galileo” on his radio show “Let’s Talk Stars,” September 20, 2005.
  • Appeared as “Galileo” in JPL’s “Jupiter, in Myth, History, & Science” at Pasadena City College, December 30, 2000 commemorating the Dec. 30 flyby of Jupiter by NASA’s Cassini spacecraft.
  • Special Surprise Guest Speaker as “Galileo” at Astrocon 2000, 54th Annual Convention of the Astronomical League, July 19-22, 2000 in Ventura, California.
  • “Galileo’s Universe” presented by Kaleidoscope Academic Day ‘98; California State University, Long Beach, CA. April 28, 1998
  • “An Evening With Galileo”, presented by UNLV’s departments of philosophy, history, music and theatre. University of Las Vegas, Nevada , May 6, 1998
  • “An Evening With Galileo”, presented by Provost Lecture Series of , Pa. November, 24, 1998
  • “An Evening With Galileo”, presented by El Camino College, California. September 25, 1997.