Why Moons Matter | Alex Teachey
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Channel: Cool Worlds · 2017 · Science & Technology
Exomoons! Why are us Cool Worlders so fascinated by them? In this week's episode, Alex Teachey of the Cool Worlds Lab explains why some of us are working so hard to try and find these elusive objects. From understanding formation to possible habitats for life, moons promise to reveal many answers and surprises in the years ahead. ::More about this Video:: ► Canup & Ward (2002), "Formation of the Galilean Satellites: Conditions of Accretion", Astronomical Journal: http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1086/344684/ ► Canup & Ward (2006), "A common mass scaling for satellite systems of gaseous planets", Nature: http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v441/n7095/full/nature04860.html?foxtrotcallback=true ► Agnor & Hamilton (2006), "Neptune's capture of its moon Triton in a binary-planet gravitational encounter", Nature: https://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v441/n7090/full/nature04792.html ► Kipping (2014), "In Search of Exomoons", Bash Symposium 2013: https://arxiv.org/abs/1405.1455 ► Kipping et al. (2012), "The Hunt for Exomoons with Kepler (HEK): I. Description of a New Observational Project", The Astrophysical Journal: https://arxiv.org/abs/1201.0752 ► Cool Worlds Lab website: http://coolworlds.astro.columbia.edu ► Columbia University Department of Astronomy: http://www.astro.columbia.edu ► Background music by Thomas Bergersen "Final Frontier": http://www.thomasbergersen.com ::Playlists For Channel:: Latest Cool Worlds Videos ► http://bit.ly/NewCoolWorlds Cool Worlds Research ► http://bit.ly/CoolWorldsResearch Guest Videos ► http://bit.ly/CoolWorldsGuests Q&A Videos ► http://bit.ly/CoolWorldsQA Tabby's Star ► http://bit.ly/TabbysStar Science of TV/Film ► http://bit.ly/ScienceMovies ::Follow us:: SUBSCRIBE to the channel http://bit.ly/CoolWorldsSubscribe Cool Worlds Lab http://coolworlds.astro.columbia.edu Twitter https://twitter.com/david_kipping Instagram https://www.instagram.com/cool.worlds THANKS FOR WATCHING!!
