Erika Dunning
@astrodunning.bsky.social
(She/her)
Astrophysicist, grad student, teaching associate, and explorer of our beautiful universe. My expertise is in circumbinary transiting exoplanets, moons, and astronomy education/outreach.
Astrophysicist, grad student, teaching associate, and explorer of our beautiful universe. My expertise is in circumbinary transiting exoplanets, moons, and astronomy education/outreach.
They really are! I come from the photometer world. Any tips on how to turn my hobby of astrogeology into something more?
January 14, 2025 at 4:19 AM
They really are! I come from the photometer world. Any tips on how to turn my hobby of astrogeology into something more?
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lovely beasties
January 14, 2025 at 3:21 AM
lovely beasties
Flood basalts! Flood basalts!! Flood basalts!!!!!!
January 14, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Flood basalts! Flood basalts!! Flood basalts!!!!!!
You’ve reach the pinnacle of professional astronomy.
January 14, 2025 at 1:51 AM
You’ve reach the pinnacle of professional astronomy.
It’s not really a science fact, but its moons are also named after Shakespeare and Alexander Pope characters. Uranus is a wonderful and whacky place (okay, that one can be a joke)
December 17, 2024 at 3:19 AM
It’s not really a science fact, but its moons are also named after Shakespeare and Alexander Pope characters. Uranus is a wonderful and whacky place (okay, that one can be a joke)
That would just be a regular planet in a trinary system. We say it has an S-type orbit whereas a CBP would have a P-type orbit.
December 14, 2024 at 6:43 AM
That would just be a regular planet in a trinary system. We say it has an S-type orbit whereas a CBP would have a P-type orbit.
It’s not quite like the Roche limit in that the planets wouldn’t be torn apart, but it refers to the boundary of orbital stability. A planet closer than the stability limit would be rocketed by gravitational perturbations and potentially be thrown out of the system.
December 13, 2024 at 11:53 PM
It’s not quite like the Roche limit in that the planets wouldn’t be torn apart, but it refers to the boundary of orbital stability. A planet closer than the stability limit would be rocketed by gravitational perturbations and potentially be thrown out of the system.
Papers aren’t out, so 0!
December 13, 2024 at 11:51 PM
Papers aren’t out, so 0!