[IGPP Everyone] Save the date: Special seminar, TUESDAY OCT 27

[Kevin McKeegan]

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special seminar
TUESDAY,   OCTOBER 27

2:00 PM,  Slichter 3853

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*"Crash, Boom, Bang:  Giant Impacts & the Formation of Planets at Home and
Abroad"*





*Prof. Hilke Schlichting *Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary
Sciences

Massachusetts Institute of Technology








*Abstract:*

Recent observations by the Kepler space telescope have led to the discovery
of more than 4000 exoplanet candidates consisting of many systems with
Earth- to Neptune-sized objects that reside well inside the orbit of
Mercury, around their respective host stars. How and where these close-in
planets formed is one of the major unanswered questions in planet
formation. I will present recent results concerning initial disk masses and
atmospheric mass-loss due to impacts and will discuss their implications
for terrestrial planet formation in our Solar System and the origin of
close-in Super-Earths and Mini-Neptunes.




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Kevin D. McKeegan
Professor of Cosmochemistry & Geochemistry
Chair, Dept. of Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences
UCLA
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1567
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mckeegan at epss.ucla.edu
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