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Seminar Details

The Search for Earth-like Planets: Yes We Can

  • Start Date: June 22, 2010
  • Event Start Time: 12:30 PM
  • Event End Time: 1:30 PM
  • Organizers: Gene Fiorini
  • Seminar Series: REU Seminar
  • Presenter(s): Robert Vanderbei - Princeton University
  • Event Location: DIMACS Seminar room
  • Abstract: I will first give an overview of the recent discoveries of non-Earth-like planets around other stars. I will then explain what is hard about finding Earth-like ones. Finally, I will describe the various approaches that are being considered to solve this challenging engineering problem and the role that Princeton is playing in this endeavor. Hopefully, given adequate funding, we will soon (i.e., in our lifetimes) have a catalog of stars that are known to have Earth-like planets.