TESS Delivers its first earth-sized planet and a warm Sub-Neptune

…, C Lovis, MB Lund, S McDermott… - The Astrophysical …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
The future of exoplanet science is bright, as Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)
once again demonstrates with the discovery of its longest-period confirmed planet to date. We …

TOI-1634 b: an ultra-short-period keystone planet sitting inside the M-dwarf radius valley

…, E Molinari, G Micela, S McDermott… - The Astronomical …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Studies of close-in planets orbiting M dwarfs have suggested that the M-dwarf radius valley
may be well explained by distinct formation timescales between enveloped terrestrials and …

TESS and CHEOPS discover two warm sub-Neptunes transiting the bright K-dwarf HD 15906

…, PFL Maxted, M Mayor, S McDermott… - Monthly Notices of …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
We report the discovery of two warm sub-Neptunes transiting the bright (G = 9.5 mag) K-dwarf
HD 15906 (TOI 461, TIC 4646810). This star was observed by the Transiting Exoplanet …

Virtual 3D camera composition from frame constraints

W Bares, S McDermott, C Boudreaux… - Proceedings of the eighth …, 2000 - dl.acm.org
We have designed a graphical interface that enables 3D visual artists or developers of
interactive 3D virtual environments to efficiently define sophisticated camera compositions by …

Precise transit and radial-velocity characterization of a resonant pair: the warm Jupiter TOI-216c and eccentric warm Neptune TOI-216b

…, AM Levine, S McDermott… - The Astronomical …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
TOI-216 hosts a pair of warm, large exoplanets discovered by the TESS mission. These
planets were found to be in or near the 2: 1 resonance, and both of them exhibit transit timing …

Phase curves of hot neptune LTT 9779b suggest a high-metallicity atmosphere

…, CJ Burke, CE Henze, S McDermott… - The Astrophysical …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Phase-curve measurements provide a global view of the composition, thermal structure,
and dynamics of exoplanet atmospheres. Although most of the dozens of phase-curve …

A haptic assembly and disassembly simulation environment and associated computational load optimization techniques

AS Coutee, SD McDermott… - J. Comput. Inf. Sci …, 2001 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
There exist a large body of work in the field of assembly, sometimes involving the use of a
virtual environment to assist the user in assembly analysis. Typically, these environments limit …

Crowdsourcing techniques for augmenting traditional accessibility maps with transitory obstacle information

…, DR Caldwell, SD McDermott… - Cartography and …, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
<p>One of the most scrutinized contemporary techniques for geospatial data collection and
production is crowdsourcing. This inverts the traditional top-down geospatial data production …

TESS discovery of a super-Earth and two sub-Neptunes orbiting the bright, nearby, Sun-like star HD 22946

…, A Spencer, L Kaltenegger, S McDermott… - Astronomy & …, 2022 - aanda.org
We report the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) discovery of a three-planet system
around the bright Sun-like star HD 22946 (V ≈ 8.3 mag), also known as TIC 100990000, …

HD 191939: Three Sub-Neptunes Transiting a Sun-like Star Only 54 pc Away

…, DA Caldwell, M Fausnaugh, S McDermott… - The Astronomical …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
We present the discovery of three sub-Neptune-sized planets transiting the nearby and
bright Sun-like star HD 191939 (TIC 269701147, TOI 1339), a K s= 7.18 mag G8 V dwarf at a …