{"id":11453,"date":"2015-09-24T23:53:20","date_gmt":"2015-09-25T03:53:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=11453"},"modified":"2015-09-24T23:53:20","modified_gmt":"2015-09-25T03:53:20","slug":"video-detecting-exoplanet-systems-with-microlensing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=11453","title":{"rendered":"Video: Detecting exoplanet systems with microlensing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here is a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seti.org\" target=\"_blank\">SETI Institute<\/a> seminar on a lesser known way to detect and measure exoplanets: <em>Detecting Exoplanetary Systems with Micolensing &#8211; Scott Gaudi (SETI Talks)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sTmw5AacyF4?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>From the caption:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>Measurements of the demographics of exoplanets over a range of planet and host star properties provide fundamental empirical constraints on theories of planet formation and evolution. Because of its unique sensitivity to low-mass, long-period, and free-floating planets, microlensing is an essential complement to our arsenal of planet detection methods. <\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>Dr. Gaudi will review the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gravitational_microlensing\" target=\"_blank\">microlensing method<\/a>, and discuss results to date from ground-based microlensing surveys. Also, Dr. Gaudi will motivate a space-based microlensing survey with WFIRST-AFTA, which when combined with the results from Kepler, will yield a nearly complete picture of the demographics of planetary systems throughout the Galaxy.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here is a SETI Institute seminar on a lesser known way to detect and measure exoplanets: Detecting Exoplanetary Systems with Micolensing &#8211; Scott Gaudi (SETI Talks) From the caption: Measurements of the demographics of exoplanets over a range of planet and host star properties provide fundamental empirical constraints on theories of planet formation and evolution. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=11453\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Video: Detecting exoplanet systems with microlensing<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,22,46],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11453","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-astronomy","category-education","category-exoplanets"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-2YJ","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":13240,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=13240","url_meta":{"origin":11453,"position":0},"title":"Hubble spots planet orbiting two stars","author":"TopSpacer","date":"September 24, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"The new\u00a0finding from a group using the Hubble Space Telescope.\u00a0(Someone living on a moon orbiting this gas giant would have quite a skyscape to enjoy.) 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