Erik Petigura
How Stars Sculpt the Super-Earth / Sub-Neptune Dichotomy
In our solar system, there are no planets between the size of Earth and Neptune and none reside inside Mercury's orbit. Yet the Kepler...
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Erik Petigura
- Mar 9, 2021
- 3 min
Measuring the Moon's Orbit – Another At Home Lab
Almost a year ago to the day, I was gearing up to teach my first course at UCLA. With only a few weeks before the start of the Spring...
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Erik Petigura
- Sep 28, 2020
- 2 min
On the Shoulders of Eratosthenes — A Silver Lining to Remote Instruction
Fall quarter begins this week, and I've been getting ready to teach another course over Zoom. It's one that I'm particularly excited...
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Erik Petigura
- Jun 28, 2020
- 9 min
A Deep Dive into the Fulton Gap
A common saying in my field is “know thy star.” Often, when we discover a new planet our understanding of its properties is limited by...
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Erik Petigura
- Jul 2, 2019
- 1 min
Farewell Caltech. Hello UCLA.
After four wonderful years as a postdoc, my time at Caltech has come to a close. Thank you so much to everyone who made this time...
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Erik Petigura
- Jun 22, 2018
- 2 min
Congratulations Samuel Yee
Over the last couple years, I've had the privilege to work with Samuel Yee, an exceptionally talented undergraduate. Last week, Sam...
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Erik Petigura
- Feb 1, 2018
- 3 min
Exploring the Planet-Metallicity Connection with CKS
Happy to announce that the latest paper in California-Kepler Survey has been published in the Astronomical Journal (Petigura et al....
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