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Kirsten Banks Kirsten Banks i(14310981 works by)
Gender: Female
Heritage: Aboriginal ; Aboriginal Wiradjuri
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1 y separately published work icon The Skyentists Kirsten Banks (presenter), Angel Lopez-Sanchez (presenter), Sydney : 2018- 18417905 2018 series - publisher podcast

'"The Skyentists" are astronomers Ángel López-Sánchez (Australian Astronomical Optics, Macquarie University) and Kirsten Banks (University of NSW and Sydney Observatory) coming at you once a fortnight with astronomy topics and a general "nerd out" session!'

(Source : Apple)
1 Aboriginal Traditions Describe the Complex Motions of Planets, the ‘wandering Stars’ of the Sky Kirsten Banks , 2018 single work column
— Appears in: The Conversation , 18 August 2018;

'The five planets we can see by naked eye were known to the ancient Greeks as “asteres planetai”, meaning “wandering stars”, due to their wandering journey across the sky relative to the fixed stars. This is where we get the word “planet”.' (Introduction)
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