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On Distinguishing Interstellar Objects Like `Oumuamua From Products of Solar System Scattering
Jason T. Wright
Schneider (2018) explored the possibility that 'Oumuamua is a Solar System object, and concluded that if it is, it must have been scattered by "another, yet unknown planet." I prov…
KELT-19Ab: A P~4.6 Day Hot Jupiter Transiting a Likely Am Star with a Distant Stellar Companion
Robert J. Siverd, Karen A. Collins, George Zhou +51
We present the discovery of the giant planet KELT-19Ab, which transits the moderately bright A8V star TYC 764-1494-1 with an orbital period of 4.61 days. We…
Radial Velocities as an Exoplanet Discovery Method
Jason T. Wright
The precise radial velocity technique is a cornerstone of exoplanetary astronomy. Astronomers measure Doppler shifts in the star's spectral features, which track the line-of/sight…
Exoplanets and SETI
Jason T. Wright
The discovery of exoplanets has both focused and expanded the search for extraterrestrial intelligence. The consideration of Earth as an exoplanet, the knowledge of the orbital par…
Prior Indigenous Technological Species
Jason T. Wright
One of the primary open questions of astrobiology is whether there is extant or extinct life elsewhere the Solar System. Implicit in much of this work is that we are looking for mi…