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Eamonn Kerins
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Jodrell Bank astrophysicist and exoplanet scientist. Swimmer, cyclist, runner. Sometimes all three consecutively. Occasional BBC TV space pundit. Prone to career-threatening scicomm and fundraising activities. Own views. https://linktr.ee/eamonn_kerins
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October 17, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Roman is expected to find 60,000-200,000 transiting planets, alongside mass measurements of cooler planets from microlensing.
October 16, 2025 at 8:36 PM
If you plot only the discovery technique measurement, there's only place on the plot for each planet. Symbol shapes indicate if radius ratio (circle) or mass ratio (triangle) so there's no ambiguity. No need to convert in my view. I don't mind apples and pears both occupying the same fruit bowl.
August 16, 2025 at 10:04 PM
And, to clarify, I'm plotting the discovery technique measurement. So one unique location per planet. Demographic studies are normally based on measurements of the discovery technique.
August 16, 2025 at 8:27 AM
And these quantities are also closer to what is often directly measured. Eg transit lightcurves measure radius ratio, not radius. Microlensing measures mass ratio, not mass.
August 16, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Sure, but the usual plots exclude one or more techniques by choosing either mass or radius as one of the axes. This plot doesn't choose, so can represent all. Also mass ratio, rather than mass, appears to be more fundamental. So, plotting both mass and radius by host ratio makes sense.
August 16, 2025 at 8:15 AM