The theme of Galaxy Forum Japan this year is 21st Century Frontiers of Astronomy and Observation. The event will be held at the NAOJ Large Seminar Room and 4D2U Dome Theater. Seating is on a first come first serve basis (limited to 80 participants). Most of the presentations and discussion will be in Japanese. Here is a link to a local website devoted to the event (http://moonstation.jp/ja/events/Galaxy_Forum/).
ILOA Galaxy Forum Japan 2014 -- Junya TerazonoILOAHawaii
Galaxy Forum Japan 2014 - Tokyo
Saturday 13 December 2014 (2-5pm) @ Cosmos Building, NAOJ Mitaka, Tokyo, Japan
Galaxy Forum returns to the Land of the Rising Sun, one of the world's 6 major space faring powers, Japan. ILOA collaboration with the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency JAXA and the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan NAOJ, to advance Galaxy 21st Century Education continues this year at the Cosmos Building kindly provided by NAOJ at the Mitaka Campus.
The document discusses the origin of the Moon. It provides a brief history of theories on the Moon's origin from ancient myths to modern scientific studies. The modern consensus is that the Moon formed from the debris of a giant impact between the early Earth and a Mars-sized object (giant impact theory). Computer simulations in the 1970s-1980s showed this scenario can explain the Moon's composition and the angular momentum of the Earth-Moon system. The giant impact theory remains the most widely accepted explanation for how the Moon originated.