Sunday, November 17, 2013

CASS Seminar 29 May 2013: Jonathan Swift (Caltech)

CASS Seminar 29 May 2013: Jonathan Swift (Caltech)
"The Formation and Frequency of Compact Planetary Systems"

The populations of planets revealed by the Kepler space telescope have provided several new clues to how planets form throughout the Galaxy. The vast majority of exoplanetary systems discovered thus far are more compact than the Solar System and preferentially contain planets with radii 1-4 times the Earth;


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