[IGPP Everyone] Schlichting seminar TODAY: 2 pm
Kevin McKeegan
kmckeegan2008 at gmail.com
Tue Oct 27 08:14:40 PDT 2015
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SPECIAL SEMINAR
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 27
2:00 PM, Slichter 3853
coffee, tea, cookies @1:45
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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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