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Researchers use ‘hot Jupiter’ data to mine exoplanet chemistry @CSInst fellows Nikole Lewis (@NikoleKLewis), Ryan MacDonald (@MartianColonist), & Jayesh Goyal (@astro_jgoyal) exoplanet research is highlighted in @CornellNews https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2020/04/researchers-use-hot-jupiter-data-mine-exoplanet-chemistry … #CSINews #Exoplanets

After poring over exoplanet scientific papers, Lewis, MacDonald and research associate Jayesh Goyal solved the mystery of seemingly cooler temperatures: Astronomers’ math was wrong. https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2020/04/researchers-use-hot-jupiter-data-mine-exoplanet-chemistry … #Exoplanet @MartianColonist @NikoleKLewis @astro_jgoyal

“It seemed to be a trend - a new phenomenon. The exoplanets were consistently colder than scientists would expect.” Dr. Nikole Lewis (@NikoleKLewis, @CSInst deputy director & assistant professor of astronomy at @Cornell) https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2020/04/researchers-use-hot-jupiter-data-mine-exoplanet-chemistry … #Exoplanets

“When you treat a planet in only one dimension, you see a planet’s properties - such as temperature - incorrectly. You end up with biases. We knew the 1,000-degree differences were not correct, but we didn’t have a better tool. Now, we do.” Nikole Lewishttps://news.cornell.edu/stories/2020/04/researchers-use-hot-jupiter-data-mine-exoplanet-chemistry …