Graduate students Armaan Goyal and Jessica Ranshaw, along with postdoctoral researcher Xian-Yu Wang from the IU Astronomy Department, were among the active participants at this year's Emerging Researchers in Exoplanet Science (ERES) conference.
Jessica Ranshaw shared her insights in her presentation, "K2-232c: A 1000-day Jupiter in a System with a Known Eccentric Warm Jupiter." Her research sought to unravel the interactions between cold and short-period Jupiters, focusing on the intriguing case of K2-232b. Through careful analysis of the latest RV data from the APF telescope, Ranshaw's work led to the identification of K2-232c, a cold Jupiter with a 5 Jupiter mass and a 1000-day period.
Armaan Goyal gave a talk on "Enhanced Size Uniformity for Near-Resonant Planets." His research explored the concept of uniformity among planets orbiting the same star, presenting a comparative size uniformity analysis between near-resonant and non-resonant multi-planet systems.
Xian-Yu Wang presented his comprehensive study on "Homogeneous studies on the Stellar Obliquities." Xian-Yu's work demonstrated a unified method for modeling and uncertainty sampling to analyze stellar obliquities across approximately 100 planetary systems. His study offers an enhanced understanding of the dynamical histories and formation mechanisms of these systems.
ERES 2023 Participants, Group Shot
From Left to Right, Armaan Goyal, Jessica Ranshaw, Xian-Yu Wang
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