The goals of the project are to determine the composition of atmospheres of hot Earths and relate their composition to their formation process.
The science investigators are Dr. Bruce Fegley of Washington University of St. Louis, Dr. Nathan Jacobson of NASA's Glenn Research Center, and Drs. Dave Cornelison and Mike Reed of Missouri State University.
- The effort to model the atmospheres is being led by Dr. Bruce Fegley.
- The effort to determine the optical properties of vaporized rocks in the lab is led by Drs. Dave Cornelison and Nathan Jacobson.
- Observations of hot extrasolar planets is being led by Dr. Mike Reed.
- Denny Bosch: A Masters student concentrating on the lab experiments.
- Nolan Ingersoll: An undergraduate student working on lab experiments.
- Shannon Dulz: An undergraduate student working on the observations of extrasolar planets.
- Kent Mastroianni: An undergraduate student working on the observations of extrasolar planets.
Resources for observations being obtained as part of this project.
Information from the third collaboration meeting held at NASA's Glenn Research Center during July of 2015.
Information from the second collaboration meeting held at NASA's Ames Research Center during August of 2014.
Information from collaboration meeting held at NASA's Glenn Research Center during August of 2013.
Students who have completed work on this project.
- Amanda Winans: An undergraduate student working on the observations of extrasolar planets. Amanda has now gone on to graduate work in astronomy at Indiana University. She was with us from June 2013 into August 2014.
- Ethan Jackson: An undergraduate student working on the observations of extrasolar planets. June-December 2013.
- Curtis Israel: An undergraduate student who worked on both lab experiments and the MAGMA modeling code during summer 2013 and the 2013-2014 academic year. He has gone to graduate school in biophysics.