Dr. Erika Palmerio
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Dr. Erika Palmerio
@erikapal.bsky.social
☀️ Heliophysicist and Space Weather Scientist
📍 San Diego, California
💻 https://www.predsci.com/~epalmerio
☀️ We have a new paper out—work led by @drbjl.bsky.social: We analysed a simulated CME via synthetic (remote-sensing and in-situ) observations, incl. Parker Solar Probe-like encounters close to 10 Rs and WISPR imaging. We reproduced many features found in real data. ApJS link: doi.org/10.3847/1538...
March 25, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Reposted by Dr. Erika Palmerio
Just witnessed the launch of #PUNCH and #SPHEREx, the rocket emerging from behind the LA skyline and over the ocean here in Orange County 🚀🛰️🛰️ A super cool view, good luck to the two missions! (and congrats @drzowie.bsky.social ☺️)
March 12, 2025 at 4:26 AM
On the way home from a week in New Orleans for #AMS25, looking forward to visiting again in December for #AGU25!
January 17, 2025 at 9:55 PM
☀️ Parker Solar Probe sent a beacon home to confirm that it successfully survived the historic flyby (closest approach to the Sun!), so it's now safe to share this 🙃
Sun Avoidance xkcd.com/3029
December 27, 2024 at 5:15 PM
Happening on Xmas Eve: Parker Solar Probe's first-ever closest approach to the Sun, at a distance of only 9.86 solar radii, is scheduled for ~11:45 UT on Dec 24, 2024. This animation shows the trajectory of Parker's Encounter 22 projected onto the solar equatorial plane ☀️🛰️ #heliophysics #parker
December 24, 2024 at 12:16 AM
Newest addition to the spacecraft family on my arm: #heliophysics legend and fellow 90s kid SOHO 🛰️ #spacetattoo
December 21, 2024 at 4:12 PM
Extremely thrilled to have participated in this very cool work led by @nonlinearchris.bsky.social, who is giving an excellent rundown of the results in this video/interview. We used Parker Solar Probe data to find evidence of synchrotron radiation generated at CME-driven shock waves ☀️ #heliophysics
Recently, I sat down with Frank Timmes from AAS publishing to discuss our recent work on detecting synchrotron radiation from interplanetary shocks!

youtu.be/r9zxP7iMqts

Based on the paper: iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3...

#heliophysics
AAS Journal Author Series: Immanuel Christopher Jebaraj on 2024ApJ...976L...7J
YouTube video by AAS
youtu.be
December 20, 2024 at 7:06 PM
Fun fact: Venus is the third brightest object in the sky (after the Sun and the Moon, duh) if we only consider natural bodies, but gets bumped to fourth position if we include artificial satellites—in that case, the bronze medal goes to the International Space Station (ISS)
One of the most common celestial objects to be mistaken for a UFO is Venus.

(More: www.popsci.com/science/ufo-...)

(It is brighter than the brightest stars and never far from the horizon when visible, so people unfamiliar with the night sky can easily be thrown by it.)
December 17, 2024 at 5:00 PM
Concluded my #AGU24 with a Friday afternoon poster on modelling CME–CME interactions from the solar corona to 1 au ☀️
December 13, 2024 at 10:55 PM
Full-size replica of the Parker Solar Probe spacecraft at #AGU24! ☀️🛰️
December 11, 2024 at 7:54 PM
Here we go again #AGU24
December 9, 2024 at 6:59 PM
Kicking off this Bluesky thing with a fresh new paper! We analysed and modelled a CME that impacted four spacecraft spread out between ~0.4 and 1 au from the Sun—we investigated radial evolution and whether measurements at an inner probe improve predictions at an outer one: doi.org/10.1093/mnra...
A coronal mass ejection encountered by four spacecraft within 1 au from the Sun: ensemble modelling of propagation and magnetic structure
ABSTRACT. Understanding and predicting the structure and evolution of coronal mass ejections (CMEs) in the heliosphere remains one of the most sought-after
doi.org
December 6, 2024 at 2:31 PM
Hello, Solar System ☀️
December 5, 2024 at 2:32 PM