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Speaker: Dr. Michele Bannister (Queen's University Belfast)
Website: https://mtbannister.github.io/

Talk title: Insights on planetary systems from interstellar objects
Abstract: The small bodies of planetary systems record how their systems formed and evolved. Observations of the first interstellar object 1I/`Oumuamua show this visiting planetesimal has many curious properties, with some kinship to the tiny worlds in our own system. In contrast, 2I/Borisov is a comet very like the carbon-depleted population in the Solar System. Their 10^26 cousins wandering the Galaxy are part of an overarching cycle of planetesimal formation and scattering over billions of years. I will outline how this vast population of interstellar objects opens many possibilities for linking together seemingly disparate areas of astronomy and planetary science, from the formation of planets to galactic dynamics.

Office: G6, <OFFICE>

Host: Holly Capelo (holly.capelo"at"space.unibe.ch)

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Thursday, December 12, 2019
09.00–10.00:
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12.15–13.00:CSH seminar
13.00–14.00:Lunch with speaker
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Friday, December 13, 2019
09.00–10.00:
10.00–11.00:
11.00–12.00: Adam Burgasser (204)
12.00–13.00: Kevin Heng
13.00–14.00: Brett Morris
14.15–15:30: Stefano Spadaccia
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