Extreme Planetary Atmospheres

Presenter Full Name
Dr. Jonathan Fortney
Institution
University of California, Santa Cruz
Year & Semester
2009 Fall
Presentation Date
November 9, 2009

Dr. Jonathan Fortney of the University of California, Santa Cruz will show how our understanding of planetary atmospheres is being revolutionized by observations of the super-heated class of Jupiter-like planets that orbit very close to their parent stars.