{"id":118715,"date":"2021-03-22T14:11:11","date_gmt":"2021-03-22T18:11:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/?p=118715"},"modified":"2021-06-15T14:31:31","modified_gmt":"2021-06-15T18:31:31","slug":"orlando-area-schoolchildren-send-nearly-100-letters-of-support-to-arecibo-observatory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/orlando-area-schoolchildren-send-nearly-100-letters-of-support-to-arecibo-observatory\/","title":{"rendered":"Orlando-area Schoolchildren Send Nearly 100 Letters of Support to Arecibo Observatory"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cPull yourself up with happyiness (sic). We are with you Arecibo, Come back strong. I\u2019m so sorry it broke. Because it was beautiful.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>These are the words of Orlando-area schoolchildren who recently wrote nearly 100 letters of support to the scientists at the National Science Foundation\u2019s Arecibo Observatory, which is managed by UCF and is located in Puerto Rico.<\/p>\n<p>The letters are the latest outpouring of support for scientists who used the facility\u2019s telescope, which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/arecibo-observatorys-telescope-collapses\/\">collapsed<\/a> in December 2020.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_118720\" style=\"max-width: 300px;\" class=\"figure float-left\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" class=\"figure-img  img-fluid w-100 size-medium wp-image-118720\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2021\/03\/Addie_Dove-3056_for_web-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Adrienne Dove, Rachel Hallett-Njuguna, Noemi-Pinilla-Alonso \" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2021\/03\/Addie_Dove-3056_for_web-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2021\/03\/Addie_Dove-3056_for_web-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2021\/03\/Addie_Dove-3056_for_web-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2021\/03\/Addie_Dove-3056_for_web-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2021\/03\/Addie_Dove-3056_for_web.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\"><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" class=\"figure-img  img-fluid w-100 size-medium wp-image-118720 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20300%20200%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt=\"Adrienne Dove, Rachel Hallett-Njuguna, Noemi-Pinilla-Alonso \" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20300%20200%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2021\/03\/Addie_Dove-3056_for_web-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2021\/03\/Addie_Dove-3056_for_web-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2021\/03\/Addie_Dove-3056_for_web-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2021\/03\/Addie_Dove-3056_for_web-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2021\/03\/Addie_Dove-3056_for_web.jpg 1200w\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2021\/03\/Addie_Dove-3056_for_web-300x200.jpg\"><figcaption class=\"figure-caption\">Adrienne Dove, Rachel Hallett-Njuguna, and Noemi-Pinilla-Alonso (pictured, from left), helped ensure the letters reached the scientists.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cIt started with an activity to explore the students\u2019 creative and literary side \u2014 write a letter to the Arecibo scientists,\u201d says Rachel Hallett-Njuguna, a STEM resource teacher at Goldsboro Elementary Magnet School in Sanford.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOverwhelmingly, the students were extremely sympathetic to the situation and were eager to write or draw something that would cheer up the scientists,\u201d she says of the children. \u201cA few of our students are from Puerto Rico and knew about Arecibo, and some even had heard about the collapse.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Arecibo Observatory, built in 1963, was the most powerful single-dish radio telescope in the world until its collapse. It has created a lasting legacy in science and inspired many to pursue study science and technology.<\/p>\n<p>The telescope not only helped uncover <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/arecibo-observatory-data-help-lead-to-discovery-of-cosmic-heartbeat\/\">mysteries of the universe<\/a>, such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/arecibo-observatory-helps-researchers-find-possible-first-hints-of-low-frequency-gravitational-waves\/\">gravitational waves<\/a>, but it also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/arecibo-observatory-gets-19-million-nasa-grant-to-help-protect-earth-from-asteroids\/\">protected Earth<\/a> by tracking near-Earth objects, such as asteroids. Other parts of the observatory are operational, and scientists continue to work with data collected before the collapse.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_118721\" style=\"max-width: 300px;\" class=\"figure float-right\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" class=\"figure-img  img-fluid w-100 size-medium wp-image-118721\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2021\/03\/Allison_Anna1_for_web-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Allison Smith and Anna McGilvray with Arecibo Observatory hold letters of support from Orlando-area schoolchildren\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2021\/03\/Allison_Anna1_for_web-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2021\/03\/Allison_Anna1_for_web-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2021\/03\/Allison_Anna1_for_web-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2021\/03\/Allison_Anna1_for_web-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2021\/03\/Allison_Anna1_for_web.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\"><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" class=\"figure-img  img-fluid w-100 size-medium wp-image-118721 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20300%20200%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt=\"Allison Smith and Anna McGilvray with Arecibo Observatory hold letters of support from Orlando-area schoolchildren\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20300%20200%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2021\/03\/Allison_Anna1_for_web-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2021\/03\/Allison_Anna1_for_web-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2021\/03\/Allison_Anna1_for_web-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2021\/03\/Allison_Anna1_for_web-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2021\/03\/Allison_Anna1_for_web.jpg 1200w\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2021\/03\/Allison_Anna1_for_web-300x200.jpg\"><figcaption class=\"figure-caption\">Allison Smith, a preeminent postdoctoral scholar at Arecibo Observatory and UCF, and Anna McGilvray, a science operations associate at Arecibo Observatory, display some of the letters they&#8217;ve received.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Allison Smith, a preeminent postdoctoral scholar at the Arecibo Observatory and UCF, says during one of their regular meetings of all the science teams, a colleague shared the letters with them for inspiration.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter the collapse, the support from the scientific community and the general public was incredible,\u201d she says. \u201cBut receiving the letters from the children made me realize the impact of the observatory was even more far-reaching than I thought. They are paying attention and very interested in what we do in science and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/space\/\">outer space<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Last week Hallett-Njuguna, the Sanford teacher who led the writing project, stopped by UCF to visit UCF Planetary Scientist Adrienne Dove. Hallet-Njuguna reached out to Dove years ago for help with fun, space-related projects her students could work on.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s been amazing to see what her students do, and their wonderful creativity on their projects,\u201d Dove says. \u201cHer passion for space is evident, and she clearly inspires that in her students, as well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It was through Dove that Hallett-Njuguna connected with scientists at Arecibo including Noemi-Pinilla-Alonso who is based at UCF\u2019s Florida Space Institute but leads a group at Arecibo.<\/p>\n<p>Pinilla-Alonso also had an opportunity to stop by and say hello. She gave Hallet-Njuguna a thank-you letter from the staff at Arecibo and a custom comic featuring Greg, the observatory\u2019s mascot, who is surrounded by children\u2019s letters.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have wanted to meet Rachel from the moment that we started receiving these letters to let her know in person how much this has meant for us at Arecibo,\u201d Pinilla-Alonso says. \u201cIt is probably not a surprise that we had a pretty rough end of 2020, which had already been a challenging year for everyone. Even with that, the Arecibo staff has managed to keep working with enthusiasm. Sharing these letters with them was a breath of fresh air that gave us fuel to stay put and to believe that there is a future for big and innovative science projects in Puerto Rico to inspire the next generations of discoverers.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The letters are the latest outpouring of support for the Arecibo Observatory and its telescope, which collapsed in December 2020.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":66,"featured_media":118716,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"lazy_load_responsive_images_disabled":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":"","_wp_rev_ctl_limit":""},"categories":[5,23,24],"tags":[16967,1775,4361],"tu_author":[],"class_list":["post-118715","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-colleges","category-research","category-science-technology","tag-arecibo-observatory","tag-florida-space-instit","tag-space"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.3 (Yoast SEO v27.5) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Orlando-area Schoolchildren Send Nearly 100 Letters of Support to Arecibo Observatory | University of Central Florida News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The letters are the latest outpouring of support for the Arecibo Observatory and its telescope, which collapsed in December 2020.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/orlando-area-schoolchildren-send-nearly-100-letters-of-support-to-arecibo-observatory\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Orlando-area Schoolchildren Send Nearly 100 Letters of Support to Arecibo Observatory\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The letters are the latest outpouring of support for the Arecibo Observatory and its telescope, which collapsed in December 2020.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/orlando-area-schoolchildren-send-nearly-100-letters-of-support-to-arecibo-observatory\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"University of Central Florida News | UCF Today\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/UCF\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-03-22T18:11:11+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-06-15T18:31:31+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2021\/03\/arecibo_letters_collage_for_web02.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"UCF Today\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@UCF\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@UCF\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"UCF Today\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ucf.edu\\\/news\\\/orlando-area-schoolchildren-send-nearly-100-letters-of-support-to-arecibo-observatory\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ucf.edu\\\/news\\\/orlando-area-schoolchildren-send-nearly-100-letters-of-support-to-arecibo-observatory\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"UCF Today\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ucf.edu\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/1aebb3df3a7ab485359dde7d3c88ef4e\"},\"headline\":\"Orlando-area Schoolchildren Send Nearly 100 Letters of Support to Arecibo Observatory\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-03-22T18:11:11+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-06-15T18:31:31+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ucf.edu\\\/news\\\/orlando-area-schoolchildren-send-nearly-100-letters-of-support-to-arecibo-observatory\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":650,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ucf.edu\\\/news\\\/orlando-area-schoolchildren-send-nearly-100-letters-of-support-to-arecibo-observatory\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ucf.edu\\\/wp-content\\\/blogs.dir\\\/20\\\/files\\\/2021\\\/03\\\/arecibo_letters_collage_for_web02.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Arecibo Observatory\",\"Florida Space institute\",\"space\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Colleges &amp; Campus\",\"Research\",\"Science &amp; Technology\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"copyrightYear\":\"2021\",\"copyrightHolder\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ucf.edu\\\/#organization\"}},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ucf.edu\\\/news\\\/orlando-area-schoolchildren-send-nearly-100-letters-of-support-to-arecibo-observatory\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ucf.edu\\\/news\\\/orlando-area-schoolchildren-send-nearly-100-letters-of-support-to-arecibo-observatory\\\/\",\"name\":\"Orlando-area Schoolchildren Send Nearly 100 Letters of Support to Arecibo Observatory | University of Central Florida News\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ucf.edu\\\/news\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ucf.edu\\\/news\\\/orlando-area-schoolchildren-send-nearly-100-letters-of-support-to-arecibo-observatory\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ucf.edu\\\/news\\\/orlando-area-schoolchildren-send-nearly-100-letters-of-support-to-arecibo-observatory\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ucf.edu\\\/wp-content\\\/blogs.dir\\\/20\\\/files\\\/2021\\\/03\\\/arecibo_letters_collage_for_web02.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-03-22T18:11:11+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-06-15T18:31:31+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ucf.edu\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/1aebb3df3a7ab485359dde7d3c88ef4e\"},\"description\":\"The letters are the latest outpouring of support for the Arecibo Observatory and its telescope, which collapsed in December 2020.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ucf.edu\\\/news\\\/orlando-area-schoolchildren-send-nearly-100-letters-of-support-to-arecibo-observatory\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ucf.edu\\\/news\\\/orlando-area-schoolchildren-send-nearly-100-letters-of-support-to-arecibo-observatory\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ucf.edu\\\/news\\\/orlando-area-schoolchildren-send-nearly-100-letters-of-support-to-arecibo-observatory\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ucf.edu\\\/wp-content\\\/blogs.dir\\\/20\\\/files\\\/2021\\\/03\\\/arecibo_letters_collage_for_web02.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ucf.edu\\\/wp-content\\\/blogs.dir\\\/20\\\/files\\\/2021\\\/03\\\/arecibo_letters_collage_for_web02.jpg\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":800,\"caption\":\"Orlando-area schoolchildren have recently written nearly 100 letters of support to the scientists at the National Science Foundation\u2019s Arecibo Observatory.\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ucf.edu\\\/news\\\/orlando-area-schoolchildren-send-nearly-100-letters-of-support-to-arecibo-observatory\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ucf.edu\\\/news\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Orlando-area Schoolchildren Send Nearly 100 Letters of Support to Arecibo Observatory\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ucf.edu\\\/news\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ucf.edu\\\/news\\\/\",\"name\":\"University of Central Florida News | UCF Today\",\"description\":\"Central Florida Research, Arts, Technology, Student Life and College News, Stories and More\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ucf.edu\\\/news\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ucf.edu\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/1aebb3df3a7ab485359dde7d3c88ef4e\",\"name\":\"UCF Today\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/ddc377f2ad61df33620685d12ac4127a76fff9cc8e982f929b34766f20520a45?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/ddc377f2ad61df33620685d12ac4127a76fff9cc8e982f929b34766f20520a45?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/ddc377f2ad61df33620685d12ac4127a76fff9cc8e982f929b34766f20520a45?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"UCF Today\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ucf.edu\\\/news\\\/author\\\/today\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ucf.edu\\\/news\\\/orlando-area-schoolchildren-send-nearly-100-letters-of-support-to-arecibo-observatory\\\/#local-main-organization-logo\",\"url\":\"\",\"contentUrl\":\"\",\"caption\":\"University of Central Florida\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Orlando-area Schoolchildren Send Nearly 100 Letters of Support to Arecibo Observatory | University of Central Florida News","description":"The letters are the latest outpouring of support for the Arecibo Observatory and its telescope, which collapsed in December 2020.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/orlando-area-schoolchildren-send-nearly-100-letters-of-support-to-arecibo-observatory\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Orlando-area Schoolchildren Send Nearly 100 Letters of Support to Arecibo Observatory","og_description":"The letters are the latest outpouring of support for the Arecibo Observatory and its telescope, which collapsed in December 2020.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/orlando-area-schoolchildren-send-nearly-100-letters-of-support-to-arecibo-observatory\/","og_site_name":"University of Central Florida News | UCF Today","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/UCF","article_published_time":"2021-03-22T18:11:11+00:00","article_modified_time":"2021-06-15T18:31:31+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":800,"url":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2021\/03\/arecibo_letters_collage_for_web02.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"UCF Today","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@UCF","twitter_site":"@UCF","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"UCF Today","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/orlando-area-schoolchildren-send-nearly-100-letters-of-support-to-arecibo-observatory\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/orlando-area-schoolchildren-send-nearly-100-letters-of-support-to-arecibo-observatory\/"},"author":{"name":"UCF Today","@id":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/1aebb3df3a7ab485359dde7d3c88ef4e"},"headline":"Orlando-area Schoolchildren Send Nearly 100 Letters of Support to Arecibo Observatory","datePublished":"2021-03-22T18:11:11+00:00","dateModified":"2021-06-15T18:31:31+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/orlando-area-schoolchildren-send-nearly-100-letters-of-support-to-arecibo-observatory\/"},"wordCount":650,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/orlando-area-schoolchildren-send-nearly-100-letters-of-support-to-arecibo-observatory\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2021\/03\/arecibo_letters_collage_for_web02.jpg","keywords":["Arecibo Observatory","Florida Space institute","space"],"articleSection":["Colleges &amp; Campus","Research","Science &amp; Technology"],"inLanguage":"en-US","copyrightYear":"2021","copyrightHolder":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/#organization"}},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/orlando-area-schoolchildren-send-nearly-100-letters-of-support-to-arecibo-observatory\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/orlando-area-schoolchildren-send-nearly-100-letters-of-support-to-arecibo-observatory\/","name":"Orlando-area Schoolchildren Send Nearly 100 Letters of Support to Arecibo Observatory | University of Central Florida News","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/orlando-area-schoolchildren-send-nearly-100-letters-of-support-to-arecibo-observatory\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/orlando-area-schoolchildren-send-nearly-100-letters-of-support-to-arecibo-observatory\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2021\/03\/arecibo_letters_collage_for_web02.jpg","datePublished":"2021-03-22T18:11:11+00:00","dateModified":"2021-06-15T18:31:31+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/1aebb3df3a7ab485359dde7d3c88ef4e"},"description":"The letters are the latest outpouring of support for the Arecibo Observatory and its telescope, which collapsed in December 2020.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/orlando-area-schoolchildren-send-nearly-100-letters-of-support-to-arecibo-observatory\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/orlando-area-schoolchildren-send-nearly-100-letters-of-support-to-arecibo-observatory\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/orlando-area-schoolchildren-send-nearly-100-letters-of-support-to-arecibo-observatory\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2021\/03\/arecibo_letters_collage_for_web02.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2021\/03\/arecibo_letters_collage_for_web02.jpg","width":1200,"height":800,"caption":"Orlando-area schoolchildren have recently written nearly 100 letters of support to the scientists at the National Science Foundation\u2019s Arecibo Observatory."},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/orlando-area-schoolchildren-send-nearly-100-letters-of-support-to-arecibo-observatory\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Orlando-area Schoolchildren Send Nearly 100 Letters of Support to Arecibo Observatory"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/","name":"University of Central Florida News | UCF Today","description":"Central Florida Research, Arts, Technology, Student Life and College News, Stories and More","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/1aebb3df3a7ab485359dde7d3c88ef4e","name":"UCF Today","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ddc377f2ad61df33620685d12ac4127a76fff9cc8e982f929b34766f20520a45?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ddc377f2ad61df33620685d12ac4127a76fff9cc8e982f929b34766f20520a45?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ddc377f2ad61df33620685d12ac4127a76fff9cc8e982f929b34766f20520a45?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"UCF Today"},"url":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/author\/today\/"},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/orlando-area-schoolchildren-send-nearly-100-letters-of-support-to-arecibo-observatory\/#local-main-organization-logo","url":"","contentUrl":"","caption":"University of Central Florida"}]}},"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2021\/03\/arecibo_letters_collage_for_web02-300x200.jpg","primary_category":24,"primary_tag":1776,"author_byline":"UCF Today","acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118715","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/66"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=118715"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118715\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":121016,"href":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118715\/revisions\/121016"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/118716"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=118715"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=118715"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=118715"},{"taxonomy":"tu_author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tu_author?post=118715"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}