Astronomy Colloquium - David Martin

Kepler 453 Circumbinary Planet
September 17, 2020
3:00PM - 4:00PM
ONLINE: Zoom Webinar

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2020-09-17 15:00:00 2020-09-17 16:00:00 Astronomy Colloquium - David Martin Kepler's hidden treasure: circumbinary super-Earths Super-Earths are very common, but understanding their formation is a challenge. Binary stars are very common, but finding planets around them is more difficult. I will share my work developing new methods to tackle both of these challenges in the search for circumbinary super-Earths, and discuss the broad applications of this small niche of astrophysics. Speaker: Dr. David Martin, OSU Astronomy; Buckeye Prize and Sagan Fellow Zoom Information Zoom information is sent out via email to the Astronomy Department. If you are joining from outside our department we would encourage to contact someone you know for access information. Zoom meeting ID is 981 4886 5046, Meeting password is the same as AstroCoffee. ONLINE: Zoom Webinar America/New_York public

Kepler's hidden treasure: circumbinary super-Earths

Super-Earths are very common, but understanding their formation is a challenge. Binary stars are very common, but finding planets around them is more difficult. I will share my work developing new methods to tackle both of these challenges in the search for circumbinary super-Earths, and discuss the broad applications of this small niche of astrophysics.

Speaker: Dr. David Martin, OSU Astronomy; Buckeye Prize and Sagan Fellow

Zoom Information

Zoom information is sent out via email to the Astronomy Department. If you are joining from outside our department we would encourage to contact someone you know for access information.

Zoom meeting ID is 981 4886 5046,

Meeting password is the same as AstroCoffee.

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