Search Results - "Hinkel, Natalie"
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The Star–Planet Connection. I. Using Stellar Composition to Observationally Constrain Planetary Mineralogy for the 10 Closest Stars
Published in The Astrophysical journal (20-01-2018)“…Abstract The compositions of stars and planets are connected, but the definition of “habitability” and the “habitable zone” only take into account the physical…”
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A CATALOG OF KEPLER HABITABLE ZONE EXOPLANET CANDIDATES
Published in The Astrophysical journal (10-10-2016)“…ABSTRACT The NASA Kepler mission ha s discovered thousands of new planetary candidates, many of which have been confirmed through follow-up observations. A…”
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Inward migration of the TRAPPIST-1 planets as inferred from their water-rich compositions
Published in Nature astronomy (01-04-2018)“…Multiple planet systems provide an ideal laboratory for probing exoplanet composition, formation history and potential habitability. For the TRAPPIST-1…”
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A Concise Treatise on Converting Stellar Mass Fractions to Abundances to Molar Ratios
Published in The Astronomical journal (01-12-2022)“…Abstract Understanding stellar composition is fundamental not only to our comprehension of the Galaxy, especially chemical evolution, but it can also shed…”
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The Galactic Distribution of Phosphorus: A Survey of 163 Disk and Halo Stars
Published in The Astronomical journal (01-08-2022)“…Abstract Phosphorus (P) is a critical element for life on Earth, yet the cosmic production sites of P are relatively uncertain. To understand how P has evolved…”
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Uniform Atmospheric Retrieval Analysis of Ultracool Dwarfs. II. Properties of 11 T dwarfs
Published in The Astrophysical journal (20-10-2017)“…Brown dwarf spectra are rich in information revealing of the chemical and physical processes operating in their atmospheres. We apply a recently developed…”
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ON THE HABITABLE ZONES OF CIRCUMBINARY PLANETARY SYSTEMS
Published in The Astrophysical journal (01-01-2013)“…The effect of the stellar flux on exoplanetary systems is becoming an increasingly important property as more planets are discovered in the habitable zone…”
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A Recommendation Algorithm to Predict Giant Exoplanet Host Stars Using Stellar Elemental Abundances
Published in The Astrophysical journal (20-07-2019)“…The presence of certain elements within a star, and by extension its planet, strongly impacts the formation and evolution of the planetary system. The positive…”
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HABITABILITY OF EXOMOONS AT THE HILL OR TIDAL LOCKING RADIUS
Published in The Astrophysical journal (01-09-2013)“…Moons orbiting extrasolar planets are the next class of object to be observed and characterized for possible habitability. Like the host-planets to their…”
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High-resolution Elemental Abundance Measurements of Cool JWST Planet Hosts Using AutoSpecFit: An Application to the Sub-Neptune K2-18b’s Host M Dwarf
Published in The Astrophysical journal (01-09-2024)“…Abstract We present an in-depth, high-resolution spectroscopic analysis of the M dwarf K2-18, which hosts a sub-Neptune exoplanet in its habitable zone. We…”
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A Catalog of Stellar Unified Properties (CATSUP) for 951 FGK-Stars within 30 pc
Published in The Astrophysical journal (10-10-2017)“…Almost every star in our Galaxy is likely to harbor a terrestrial planet, but accurate measurements of an exoplanet's mass and radius demand accurate knowledge…”
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TESS Hunt for Young and Maturing Exoplanets (THYME). XI. An Earth-sized Planet Orbiting a Nearby, Solar-like Host in the 400 Myr Ursa Major Moving Group
Published in The Astronomical journal (01-02-2024)“…Abstract Young terrestrial worlds are critical test beds to constrain prevailing theories of planetary formation and evolution. We present the discovery of HD…”
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The GALAH Survey: using galactic archaeology to refine our knowledge of TESS target stars
Published in Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (01-07-2021)“…ABSTRACT An unprecedented number of exoplanets are being discovered by the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS). Determining the orbital parameters of…”
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EVIDENCE FOR REFLECTED LIGHT FROM THE MOST ECCENTRIC EXOPLANET KNOWN
Published in The Astrophysical journal (10-04-2016)“…ABSTRACT Planets in highly eccentric orbits form a class of objects not seen within our solar system. The most extreme case known among these objects is the…”
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The GALAH Survey: improving our understanding of confirmed and candidate planetary systems with large stellar surveys
Published in Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (01-02-2022)“…ABSTRACT Pioneering photometric, astrometric, and spectroscopic surveys is helping exoplanetary scientists better constrain the fundamental properties of stars…”
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LIMITS ON STELLAR COMPANIONS TO EXOPLANET HOST STARS WITH ECCENTRIC PLANETS
Published in The Astrophysical journal (20-04-2014)“…Though there are now many hundreds of confirmed exoplanets known, the binarity of exoplanet host stars is not well understood. This is particularly true of…”
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REFINED PROPERTIES OF THE HD 130322 PLANETARY SYSTEM
Published in The Astrophysical journal (10-04-2015)“…ABSTRACT Exoplanetary systems closest to the Sun, with the brightest host stars, provide the most favorable opportunities for characterization studies of the…”
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A COMPREHENSIVE CHARACTERIZATION OF THE 70 VIRGINIS PLANETARY SYSTEM
Published in The Astrophysical journal (10-06-2015)“…ABSTRACT An on-going effort in the characterization of exoplanetary systems is the accurate determination of host star properties. This effort extends to the…”
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Astrobiological stoichiometry
Published in Astrobiology (01-07-2014)“…Chemical composition affects virtually all aspects of astrobiology, from stellar astrophysics to molecular biology. We present a synopsis of the research…”
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Deflection of Pulsar Signal Reveals Compact Structures in the Galaxy
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