RSAA Colloquia / Seminars / Feast-of-Facts: Wednesday, 23 November 2022, 11:30-12:00; DLT & ZOOM


Chelsea Huang

"TESS's Jovian Legacy"

Jupiter and Saturn played important roles in sculpting the present-day Solar System. Their interactions sent inward water-bearing asteroids, giving Earth its ocean. However, the Jovian planets around stars other than our Sun have their own complex tales. Since the launch of the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) four years ago, the exoplanet field has had a new boom of discoveries. In this talk, I will review the diverse population of Jovian planets discovered by the TESS Mission, especially those benefited from the wide field TESS Full Frame Images. These discoveries reveal an intriguing story of the history of these Jovian planets, and how they acted as the chief architects of their own planetary systems.