Astronomical Society plans meeting

The Ventura County Astronomical Society will hold its monthly membership meeting at 7:30 p.m. Fri., Nov. 16 in the multipurpose room at Mesa Union School, 3901 Mesa School Road, Somis.

Banerdt has worked at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory since 1977 and earned a doctorate in geophysics at USC.

For more information, call (805) 520-9666 or visit www.vcas.org.