Publications (6)
An asynchronous object-oriented approach to the automation of the 0.8-meter George Mason University campus telescope in Python
Michael Reefe, Owen Alfaro, Shawn Foster +22
We present a unique implementation of Python coding in an asynchronous object-oriented programming (OOP) framework to fully automate the process of collecting data with the George…
A close-in puffy Neptune with hidden friends: The enigma of TOI 620
Michael A. Reefe, Rafael Luque, Eric Gaidos +82
We present the validation of a transiting low-density exoplanet orbiting the M2.5 dwarf TOI 620 discovered by the NASA TESS mission. We utilize photometric data from both TESS and…
Validation of 13 Hot and Potentially Terrestrial TESS Planets
Steven Giacalone, Courtney D. Dressing, Christina Hedges +108
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) will be able to probe the atmospheres and surface properties of hot, terrestrial planets via emission spectroscopy. We identify 18 potentially…
The TESS Grand Unified Hot Jupiter Survey. II. Twenty New Giant Planets
Samuel W. Yee, Joshua N. Winn, Joel D. Hartman +83
NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) mission promises to improve our understanding of hot Jupiters by providing an all-sky, magnitude-limited sample of transiting ho…
TOI 560 : Two Transiting Planets Orbiting a K Dwarf Validated with iSHELL, PFS and HIRES RVs
Mohammed El Mufti, Peter P. Plavchan, Howard Isaacson +92
We validate the presence of a two-planet system orbiting the 0.15--1.4 Gyr K4 dwarf TOI 560 (HD 73583). The system consists of an inner moderately eccentric transiting mini-Neptune…
Diving Beneath the Sea of Stellar Activity: Chromatic Radial Velocities of the Young AU Mic Planetary System
Bryson Cale, Michael Reefe, Peter Plavchan +52
We present updated radial-velocity (RV) analyses of the AU Mic system. AU Mic is a young (22 Myr) early M dwarf known to host two transiting planets - days, $R_{b}=…