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SUMMARY:Chemical Compositions of Extrasolar Planets - Dr Nikku Madhusudhan
 \, Institute of Astronomy\, University of Cambridge
DTSTART:20150127T193000Z
DTEND:20150127T203000Z
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CONTACT:Stanislav Fort
DESCRIPTION:Exoplanetary discoveries in the past two decades have unveiled
  an astonishing diversity in the physical characteristics of exoplanetary 
 systems\, including their orbital properties\, masses\, radii\, equilibriu
 m temperatures\, and stellar hosts. Exoplanets known today range from gas-
 giants to nearly Earth-size planets\, and some even in the habitable zones
  of their host stars. Recent advances in exoplanet observations and theore
 tical methods are now leading to unprecedented constraints on the physicoc
 hemical properties of exoplanetary atmospheres\, interiors\, and their for
 mation conditions. I will discuss the latest developments and future prosp
 ects of this new frontier. In particular\, I will present some of the late
 st constraints on atmospheric chemical compositions of exoplanets\, made p
 ossible by state-of-the-art high-precision observations\, and their implic
 ations for atmospheric processes\, interior compositions\, and formation c
 onditions of exoplanets.
LOCATION:Wolfson Lecture Theatre\, Department of Chemistry
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