MURFREESBORO — Plans
for MTSU’s Aug. 21 “Great Tennessee Eclipse” festivities will be outlined on
the next “MTSU On the Record” radio program.
Host Gina Logue’s interview with Ron Henderson, chair of the
Department of Physics and Astronomy, will air from 9:30 to 10 p.m. Tuesday,
Aug. 15, and from 6 to 6:30 a.m. Sunday, Aug. 20, on WMOT-FM Roots Radio 89.5
and www.wmot.org.
The eclipse will be viewable in one phase or another
throughout a path that will cut across the North American continent, but the
moment at which the sun will be totally blocked from view by the moon will be
limited to an area that includes Murfreesboro.
NASA has designated MTSU as one of the six official eclipse
viewing sites in the greater Nashville area. MTSU’s viewing event officially
starts at 11 a.m., and the public is invited to assemble in the yard in front
of the MTSU Science Building.
“Not much of the earth experiences a total solar eclipse at
any given time,” said Henderson. “The last total solar eclipse in Murfreesboro
was in the 1400s, and the next total solar eclipse in Murfreesboro will be in
about 500 years from now.”
Faculty will be on hand to answer scientific questions, and
student musicians from Match Records will provide entertainment. For more
“Great Tennessee Eclipse” information, go to http://www.mtsu.edu/eclipse/.
To hear previous “MTSU On the Record” programs, go to http://bit.ly/mtsu-otr.
For more information, contact Logue at 615-898-5081 or
WMOT-FM at 615-898-2800.
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