MIT: Independent Activities Period: IAP

IAP 2016



Seeing a World in a Point of Light

Dr. Zachory Berta-Thompson, Torres Postdoctoral Fellow

Jan/20 Wed 03:00PM-03:30PM Marlar Lounge 37-252

Enrollment: Unlimited: No advance sign-up
Prereq: none

Astronomers can observe the sizes, orbits, masses, and atmospheres of planet orbiting distant stars, without ever seeing the planets directly. Come learn how we do this and the worlds we hope to discover soon, with the help of the TESS mission, now being built at MIT.

 

Click here to see a complete listing of IAP 2016 activities being offered by MIT's Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research (MKI).

Sponsor(s): Kavli Institute for Astrophysics & Space Research
Contact: Debbie Meinbresse, 37-241, 617 253-1456, MEINBRES@MIT.EDU