Kristin Showalter Sotzen

Aspiring planetary scientist. Ex-space shuttle engineer. Choco- & bibliophile. Incurable tea drinker. Lover of all forms of adventure.

[Kristin Showalter Sotzen @NorBidTheStars]

@mayorgalc, @_astronomay, @Izenplanet, and Dr Casey Lisse (left to right) rocked their Halloween costumes this year! Props to all of you!

[Jake Lustig-Yaeger @LustigYaeger]

New paper!

Although most known exoplanets are detected because they transit, the vast majority of exoplanets don’t transit. These are their stories. {Duh Dun}.

https://t.co/osFAg7Rhzw

[Kristin Showalter Sotzen @NorBidTheStars]

Also featuring @Izenplanet, @mommascientist, Dr Casey Lisse, Joseph Linden, & @CalleyLeeAnn. Available from the Astronomical Journal here: https://t.co/MHlT1eha6S or on the arXiv here: https://t.co/1Z6FLckE95 15/15

[Kristin Showalter Sotzen @NorBidTheStars]

New paper! Starring @kevinbstevenson, @_astronomay, @NatashaBatalha, @astro_jgoyal, @PlanetDr, & @NikoleKLewis, and other technical staff at @JHUAPL. Our question: can we use the "color-color" method with transmission spectra to differentiate exoplanets in the Radius Valley? 1/15

[Kristin Showalter Sotzen @NorBidTheStars]

While there is plenty of future work for this type of study, our main next step is to add noise to our model spectra to determine what levels of noise this method can tolerate. 14/15

[Dr. L. C. Mayorga @mayorgalc]

New paper! 🎉This time @_astronomay @LustigYaeger and I get serious and grapple with the question: if Earth was an exoplanet could we tell whether or not it was habitable or even inhabited? i.e. @kevinbstevenson and @izenplanet turn us into the baddies 1/10

[Kristin Showalter Sotzen @NorBidTheStars]

@AstroJake Congratulations Dr Taylor!!!! Well done!!

[Kristin Showalter Sotzen @NorBidTheStars]

@Of_FallingStars These days, I can't type "plant" without first typing "planet," and I can't type "rocky" without first typing "rocket." I think my inner scientist and engineer are at war...