Lunar Light
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Title
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Lunar Light
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Creator
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Cancilla, Nelly
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Date
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2019
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Description
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The Lunar Light was erected by Principal John Tuzo Wilson, outside the Paleomagnetism Laboratory in 1973 to commemorate the research of the lunar rock samples. The light and accompanying plaque still stands today. The plague reads "This light was erected by Principal J. Tuzo Wilson in 1973 to commemorate the measurement, in the Paleomagnetism Laboratory, of the magnetic properties of the first lunar rock sample to arrive in Canada. Collected by one of the NASA Apollo missions to the moon, the sample was brought to Erindale by Professor David Strangway who was Chairman of the Geology Department at the University of Toronto and also the Chief Scientist of the Physics Branch at the NASA Johnson Space Centre. The sample, before being returned to NASA, was displayed in the South Building during the 1973 science open house attracting more than 4000 viewers."
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Rights
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University of Toronto
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Source
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University of Toronto Mississauga Library
