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Finding Alien Worlds in Queensland -- A Decade of MINERVA-Australis
Jonathan Horner, Robert A. Wittenmyer, Stephen R. Kane +2
Three decades ago, humanity entered the Exoplanet Era, with the discovery of the first planets orbiting other stars. Today, more than 6000 exoplanets are known - a tally recently b…
Hot Jupiter - Cold Jupiter: A complex sibling relation
Adriana Errico, Robert A. Wittenmyer, Jonathan Horner +2
A handful of planetary systems hosting a Hot Jupiter have been subsequently found to also host long-period giant planets. These ``cold Jupiters,'' giant planets residing beyond the…
A Near-Earth Object Model Calibrated to Earth Impactors
Sophie E. Deam, Hadrien A. R. Devillepoix, David Nesvorný +16
The population of Earth-impacting meteoroids and its size-dependent orbital elements are key to understanding the origin of meteorites and informing on planetary defence efforts. O…
The Dependence of Earth Milankovitch Cycles on Martian Mass
Stephen R. Kane, Pam Vervoort, Jonathan Horner
The Milankovitch cycles of Earth result from gravitational interactions with other bodies in the Solar System. These interactions lead to slow changes in the orbit and angular mome…