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How ideas from the open source community can help us study exoplanets

This article will appear in the next issue of The Institute Letter. Pluto, the ninth planet in our Solar System was discovered in 1930, the same year the Institute of Advanced Study in Princeton was founded (Pluto was originally classified … Continue reading

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Dear potential employers

Dear potential employers, I would like to thank you for allowing me to apply for your job opening. First of all, I was very happy after I found the job with the cryptic name among all the other jobs on … Continue reading

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Elsevier

Today, I refused to referee an article for New Astronomy, a journal published by Elsevier. This was my response to the editor: Dear Editor, Thank you very much for asking me to referee this paper. It is very interesting and … Continue reading

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New website for exoplanet app

Today I made a new website for the exoplanet app for iPhone/iPad/iPod. http://exoplanet.hanno-rein.de/iphone/ More pictures and video will be added soon.

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Stochastic migration of small bodies in Saturn’s rings

Abstract Hanno Rein, John C. B. Papaloizou Many small moonlets, creating propeller structures, have been found in Saturn’s rings by the Cassini spacecraft. We study the dynamical evolution of such 20-50m sized bodies which are embedded in Saturn’s rings. We … Continue reading

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