Luigi Mancini

Associate professor at the University of Rome "Tor Vergata". Planet Hunter and Astronomer working on detection and characterization of extrasolar planets.

[Luigi Mancini @exoplanet_LM]

TOI-1853 b: the most massive Neptune-size #exoplanet in the known Galaxy https://t.co/tCFTLNItA6

[Exoplanets Conference Series @ExoConf]

Exoplanets VI: Porto
Exoplanets VII: Munich
Exoplanets VIII: Tenerife
Exoplanets IX: Rome

[Luigi Mancini @exoplanet_LM]

@Nature This could be a nice cover...

[Luigi Mancini @exoplanet_LM]

@jjfplanet @jjfplanet There appears to be no pattern of planetary formation that results in this planet, whose existence, in our opinion, would require unusual formation mechanisms.

[Luigi Mancini @exoplanet_LM]

The #exoplanet TOI-1853 b is best described as a bare core of half water–half rock with no or negligible envelope, or as having at most 1% atmospheric H/He mass fraction on top of a 99% Earth-like rocky interior

[Luigi Mancini @exoplanet_LM]

@jjfplanet Other suggestions?

[Luigi Mancini @exoplanet_LM]

TOI-1853 b occupies a region of the mass-orbital period space of hot #exoplanets that was previously devoid of objects, corresponding to the driest area of the hot-Neptune desert

[Luigi Mancini @exoplanet_LM]

The #exoplanet TOI-1853 b has a density of 9.7 g/cm^3 (~6 times that of Neptune) and surface gravity of 60 m/s^2 (~5.5 times that of Neptune)

[Luigi Mancini @exoplanet_LM]

TOI-1853 b is a super-massive Neptune-sized #exoplanet. TOI-1853 b has a mass of 73 Earth masses, almost twice that of any other Neptune-sized planet known so far

[Luigi Mancini @exoplanet_LM]

Durante questo evento, noto come "occultazione" eclissi secondaria, possiamo misurare la luce della sola stella, quando il pianeta si muove dietro di essa, e la luce combinata della stella e del pianeta appena prima e subito dopo l'occultazione.

[Luigi Mancini @exoplanet_LM]

Grazie al @NASAWebb abbiamo scoperto la presenza di vapore acqueo nell'atmosfera di WASP-18b e realizzato una mappa della temperatura del pianeta mentre passava dietro la sua stella.

[ASES @ases2023]

Last day of the 4th Advanced School on #exoplanets

[ASES @ases2023]

Group photo of #ases4. #Exoplanets #amalficoast

[Salomé Grouffal @sgrouffal]

I am very happy to have taken part in #ases4 in Vietri Sul Mare! It was a beautiful week with great lectures and amazing people ☀️

[ASES @ases2023]

The organizers would like to thank @UniSalerno,
@unitorvergata, INAF @mediainaf, the Astronomical Observatory of Rome @INAF_OAR and the municipality of Vietri sul Mare for having supported "The 4th Advanced School on Exoplanetary Science" #ases4 #exoplanets #vietrisulmare

[ASES @ases2023]

#ases4 school organizers are pleased to thank Aldo Bonomo for his lectures on Accurate determination of masses and radii of transiting #exoplanets

[ASES @ases2023]

#ases4 school organizers are pleased to thank
James Owen for his lectures on Atmospheric Escape #exoplanets

[ASES @ases2023]

#ases4 school organizers are pleased to thank
@lkreidberg for her lectures on Transiting #exoplanet Atmospheres

[ASES @ases2023]

#ases4 school organizers are pleased to thank Eric Ford for his lectures on the Transiting Multi-planet Systems #exoplanets

[ASES @ases2023]

#ases4 School organizers are pleased to thank Courtney Dressing for her lectures on transiting #exoplanet statistics