Many Suns, Many Worlds: The Galactic Quest for Exoplanets
October 5, 2010
The Planetary Society, the American Astronomical Society’s Division of Planetary Sciences, and the Keck Institute for Space Studies held a discussion session ”Many Suns, Many Worlds: The Galactic Quest for Exoplanets,” on Monday, October 04, 2010 at Caltech in Pasadena. Four leading experts in the field reviewed how exoplanets form, the latest techniques used to go exoplanet hunting, and how to determine what type of exoplanet has been found.
Speakers:
* Professor Eric Ford, University of Florida
* Professor Jason Wright, Pennsylvania State University
* Professor Natalie Batalha, San Jose State university
* Dr. Mark Swain, NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Special welcome by:
Bill Nye the Science Guy “ ”
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