DDA 2015 – Implications of Resonant and Near-Resonant Planetary Systems for Planet Formation

This is one of a series of notes taken during the 2015 meeting of the AAS Division on Dynamical Astronomy, 3-7 May, at CalTech. An index to this series (all the papers presented at the meeting) is here. Eric Ford (Penn … Continue reading

DDA 2015 – The Öpik Approximation and Giant Planet Shielding of the Inner Solar System

This is one of a series of notes taken during the 2015 meeting of the AAS Division on Dynamical Astronomy, 3-7 May, at CalTech. An index to this series (all the papers presented at the meeting) is here. William Newman (UCLA) … Continue reading

DDA 2015 – Tidal Effects in Late Stage Accretion

This is one of a series of notes taken during the 2015 meeting of the AAS Division on Dynamical Astronomy, 3-7 May, at CalTech. An index to this series (all the papers presented at the meeting) is here. Session: Planet Formation … Continue reading

DDA 2015 – The Formation of Terrestrial Planets from the Direct Accretion of Pebbles

This is one of a series of notes taken during the 2015 meeting of the AAS Division on Dynamical Astronomy, 3-7 May, at CalTech. An index to this series (all the papers presented at the meeting) is here. Hal Levison (SwRI) … Continue reading

DDA 2015 – Did our Solar System once have a STIP?

This is one of a series of notes taken during the 2015 meeting of the AAS Division on Dynamical Astronomy, 3-7 May, at CalTech. An index to this series (all the papers presented at the meeting) is here. Brett Gladman (CITA) … Continue reading

DDA 2015 – On the Robust Production of Super Earths and Suppressed Emergence of Gas Giants in Dynamically Evolving Protostellar Disks

This is one of a series of notes taken during the 2015 meeting of the AAS Division on Dynamical Astronomy, 3-7 May, at CalTech. An index to this series (all the papers presented at the meeting) is here. Session: Planet Formation … Continue reading

DDA 2015 – Inclination Excitation in Compact Extrasolar Planetary Systems

This is one of a series of notes taken during the 2015 meeting of the AAS Division on Dynamical Astronomy, 3-7 May, at CalTech. An index to this series (all the papers presented at the meeting) is here. Juliette Becker (U. … Continue reading

DDA 2015 – Secular Star-Disk Coupling and the Origin of Exoplanetary Spin-Orbit Misalignments

This is one of a series of notes taken during the 2015 meeting of the AAS Division on Dynamical Astronomy, 3-7 May, at CalTech. An index to this series (all the papers presented at the meeting) is here. Christopher Spalding (CalTech) … Continue reading

DDA 2015 – MMRs and the Origins of Extrasolar Orbital Architectures

This is one of a series of notes taken during the 2015 meeting of the AAS Division on Dynamical Astronomy, 3-7 May, at CalTech. An index to this series (all the papers presented at the meeting) is here. Konstantin Batygin (CalTech) … Continue reading

DDA 2015 – Consolidating and Crushing Exoplanet Systems

This is one of a series of notes taken during the 2015 meeting of the AAS Division on Dynamical Astronomy, 3-7 May, at CalTech. An index to this series (all the papers presented at the meeting) is here. Kathryn Volk (U. … Continue reading

DDA 2015 – Capture into Mean-Motion Resonances for Exoplanetary Systems

This is one of a series of notes taken during the 2015 meeting of the AAS Division on Dynamical Astronomy, 3-7 May, at CalTech. An index to this series (all the papers presented at the meeting) is here. Session: Exoplanet Theory … Continue reading

DDA 2015 – Obliquity Evolution of Earth-Like Exoplanets in Systems with Large Inclinations

This is one of a series of notes taken during the 2015 meeting of the AAS Division on Dynamical Astronomy, 3-7 May, at CalTech. An index to this series (all the papers presented at the meeting) is here. Russell Deitrick (U. … Continue reading

DDA 2015 – Loners, Groupies, and Long-term Eccentricity Behavior – Insights from Secular Theory

This is one of a series of notes taken during the 2015 meeting of the AAS Division on Dynamical Astronomy, 3-7 May, at CalTech. An index to this series (all the papers presented at the meeting) is here. Christa Van Laerhoven … Continue reading

DDA 2015 – Using Populations of Gas Giants to Probe the Dynamics of Planet Formation

This is one of a series of notes taken during the 2015 meeting of the AAS Division on Dynamical Astronomy, 3-7 May, at CalTech. An index to this series (all the papers presented at the meeting) is here. Session: Exoplanet Theory … Continue reading

The Printer and I: A Tale of Spinning Fans, Diseased Hearts, and the Tragedy that is Life

  This (see photo) is how I spent my afternoon and evening, today. I have a conference to attend next week and must present a poster paper on some recent research results. Because I know by now that both Old … Continue reading