5101. Astronomical sciences


Title5101. Astronomical sciences
Parent51. Physical Sciences

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The GALAH survey: scientific motivation
de Silva, G. M., Freeman, K. C., Bland-Hawthorn, J., Martell, S., Wylie de Boer, E., Asplund, M., Keller, S., Sharma, S., Zucker, D. B., Zwitter, T., Anguiano, B., Lewis, G. F., Stello, D., Bayliss, D., Casagrande, L., Da Costa, G., Cannon, R., Duong, L., Ireland, M. J., ..., Munari, U.. 2015. "The GALAH survey: scientific motivation." Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 449 (3), pp. 2604-2617. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stv327

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Doppler monitoring of the WASP-47 multiplanet system
Dai, Fei, Winn, Joshua N., Arriagada, Pamela, Butler, R. Paul, Crane, Jeffrey D., Johnson, John Asher, Shectman, Stephen A., Teske, Johanna K., Thompson, Ian B., Vanderburg, Andrew and Wittenmyer, Robert A.. 2015. "Doppler monitoring of the WASP-47 multiplanet system." The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 813 (1). https://doi.org/10.1088/2041-8205/813/1/L9

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Planetary transit candidates in the CSTAR field: analysis of the 2008 data
Wang, Songhu, Zhang, Hui, Zhou, Ji-Lin, Zhou, Xu, Yang, Ming, Wang, Lifan, Bayliss, D., Zhou, G., Ashley, M. C. B., Fan, Zhou, Feng, Long-Long, Gong, Xuefei, Lawrence, J. S., Liu, Huigen, Liu, Qiang, Luong-Van, D. M., Ma, Jun, Meng, Zeyang, Storey, J. W. V., ..., Zou, Hu. 2014. "Planetary transit candidates in the CSTAR field: analysis of the 2008 data." Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series. 211 (2). https://doi.org/10.1088/0067-0049/211/2/26

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Pursuing the planet-debris disk connection: analysis of upper limits from the Anglo-Australian planet search
Wittenmyer, Robert A. and Marshall, Jonathan P.. 2015. "Pursuing the planet-debris disk connection: analysis of upper limits from the Anglo-Australian planet search." The Astronomical Journal. 149 (2). https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-6256/149/2/86

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Eclipsing binaries from the cstar project at Dome A, Antarctica
Yang, Ming, Zhang, Hui, Wang, Songhu, Zhou, Ji-Lin, Zhou, Xu, Wang, Lingzhi, Wang, Lifan, Wittenmyer, R. A., Liu, Hui-Gen, Meng, Zeyang, Ashley, M. C. B., Storey, J. W. V., Bayliss, D., Tinney, Chris, Wang, Ying, Wu, Donghong, Liang, Ensi, Yu, Zhouyi, Fan, Zhou, ..., Zou, Hu. 2015. "Eclipsing binaries from the cstar project at Dome A, Antarctica." Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series. 217 (2). https://doi.org/10.1088/0067-0049/217/2/28

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Photometric variability in the cstar field: results from the 2008 data set
Wang, Songhu, Zhang, Hui, Zhou, Xu, Zhou, Ji-Lin, Fu, Jian-Ning, Yang, Ming, Liu, Huigen, Xie, Jiwei, Wang, Lifan, Wang, Lingzhi, Wittenmyer, R. A., Ashley, M. C. B., Feng, Long-Long, Gong, Xuefei, Lawrence, J. S., Liu, Qiang, Luong-Van, D. M., Ma, Jun, Peng, Xiyan, ..., Zou, Hu. 2015. "Photometric variability in the cstar field: results from the 2008 data set." Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series. 218 (2). https://doi.org/10.1088/0067-0049/218/2/20

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The spitzer microlensing program as a probe for globular cluster planets: analysis of OGLE-2015-BLG-0448
Poleski, Radoslaw, Zhu, Wei, Christie, Grant W., Udalski, Andrzej, Gould, Andrew, Bachelet, Etienne, Skottfelt, Jesper, Calchi Novati, Sebastiano, Szymanski, M. K., Soszynski, L., Pietrzynski, G., Wyrzykowski, L., Ulaczyk, K., Pietrukowicz, P., Kozlowski, Szymon, Skowron, J., Mroz, P., Pawlak, M., Beichman, C., ..., Wertz, O.. 2016. "The spitzer microlensing program as a probe for globular cluster planets: analysis of OGLE-2015-BLG-0448." The Astrophysical Journal: an international review of astronomy and astronomical physics. 823 (1). https://doi.org/10.3847/0004-637X/823/1/63

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Four new planets around giant stars and the mass-metallicity correlation of planet-hosting stars
Jones, M. I., Jenkins, J. S., Brahm, R., Wittenmyer, R .A., Olivares E., F., Melo, C. H. F., Rojo, P., Jordan, A, Drass, H., Butler, R. P. and Wang, L.. 2016. "Four new planets around giant stars and the mass-metallicity correlation of planet-hosting stars." Astronomy and Astrophysics: a European journal. 590 (A38), pp. 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201628067

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State of the Field: Extreme Precision Radial Velocities
Fischer, Debra A., Anglada-Escude, Guillem, Arriagada, Pamela, Baluev, Roman V., Bean, Jacob L., Bouchy, Francois, Buchave, Lars A., Carroll, Thorsten, Chakraborty, Abhijit, Crepp, Justin R., Dawson, Rebekah I., Diddams, Scott A., Dumusque, Xavier, Eastman, Jason D., Endl, Michael, Figueira, Pedro, Ford, Eric B., Foreman-Mackey, Daniel, Fournier, Paul, ..., Wright, Jason T.. 2016. "State of the Field: Extreme Precision Radial Velocities." Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. 128 (964), pp. 1-43. https://doi.org/10.1088/1538-3873/128/964/066001

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The GALAH survey: relative throughputs of the 2dF fibre positioner and the HERMES spectrograph from stellar targets
Simpson, Jeffrey D., de Silva, G. M., Bland-Hawthorn, J., Freeman, K. C., Martell, S. L., Schlesinger, Katharine J., Sharma, Sanjib, Zucker, D. B., Zwitter, T., Kos, J., Anguiano, Borja, Nataf, David M., Reid, Warren and Wittenmyer, Robert A.. 2016. "The GALAH survey: relative throughputs of the 2dF fibre positioner and the HERMES spectrograph from stellar targets." Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 459 (1), pp. 1069-1081. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stw746

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The K2-Esprint Project. V. A short-period giant planet orbiting a subgiant star
Van Eylen, Vincent, Albrecht, Simon, Gandolfi, Davide, Dai, Fei, Winn, Joshua, Hirano, Teriyuki, Narita, Norio, Bruntt, Hans, Prieto-Arranz, Jorge, Bejar, Víctor, Nowak, Grzegorz, Lund, Mikkel, Palle, Enric, Ribas, Ignasi, Sanchis-Ojeda, Roberto, Yu, Liang, Arriagada, Pamela, Butler, R. Paul, Crane, Jeffrey D., ..., Wittenmyer, Robert. 2016. "The K2-Esprint Project. V. A short-period giant planet orbiting a subgiant star." The Astronomical Journal. 152 (5), pp. 1-11. https://doi.org/10.3847/0004-6256/152/5/143

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Doppler monitoring of five k2 transiting planetary systems
Dai, Fei, Winn, Joshua N., Albrecht, Simon, Arriagada, Pamela, Bieryla, Allyson, Butler, R. Paul, Crane, Jeffrey D., Hirano, Teriyaki, Johnson, John Asher, Kiilerich, Amanda, Latham, David W., Narita, Norio, Nowak, Grzegorz, Palle, Enric, Ribas, Ignasi, Rogers, Leslie A., Sanchis-Ojeda, Roberto, Schectman, Stephen A., Teske, Johanna K., ..., Yu, Liang. 2016. "Doppler monitoring of five k2 transiting planetary systems." The Astrophysical Journal: an international review of astronomy and astronomical physics. 823 (2). https://doi.org/10.3847/0004-637X/823/2/115

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Three planets orbiting Wolf 1061
Wright, D. J., Wittenmyer, R. A., Tinney, C. G., Bentley, J. S. and Zhao, Jinglin. 2016. "Three planets orbiting Wolf 1061." The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 817 (2). https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8205/817/2/L20

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A pair of giant planets around the evolved intermediate-mass star hd 47366: multiple circular orbits or a mutually retrograde configuration
Sato, Bun’ei, Wang, Liang, Liu, Yu-Juan, Zhao, Gang, Omiya, Masashi, Harakawa, Hiroki, Nagasawa, Makiko, Wittenmyer, Robert A., Butler, Paul, Song, Nan, He, Wei, Zhao, Fei, Kambe, Eiji, Noguchi, Kunio, Ando, Hiroyasu, Izumiura, Hideyuki, Okada, Norio, Yoshida, Michitoshi, Takeda, Yoichi, ..., Ida, Shigeru. 2016. "A pair of giant planets around the evolved intermediate-mass star hd 47366: multiple circular orbits or a mutually retrograde configuration ." The Astrophysical Journal: an international review of astronomy and astronomical physics. 819 (1). https://doi.org/10.3847/0004-637X/819/1/59

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New spectroscopic binary companions of giant stars and updated metallicity distribution for binary systems
Bluhm, P., Jones, M. I., Vanzi, L., Soto, M. G., Vos, J., Wittenmyer, R. A., Drass, H., Jenkins, J. S., Olivares, F., Mennickent, R. E., Vuckovic, M., Rojo, P. and Melo, C. H. F.. 2016. "New spectroscopic binary companions of giant stars and updated metallicity distribution for binary systems." Astronomy and Astrophysics: a European journal. 593 (A133). https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201628459

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A 12-year activity cycle for the nearby planet host star HD 219134
Johnson, Marshall C., Endl, Michael, Cochran, William D., Meschiari, Stefano, Robertson, Paul, MacQueen, Phillip J., Brugamyer, Erik J., Caldwell, Caroline, Hatzes, Artie P., Ramirez, Ivan and Wittenmyer, Robert A.. 2016. "A 12-year activity cycle for the nearby planet host star HD 219134." The Astrophysical Journal: an international review of astronomy and astronomical physics. 821 (2). https://doi.org/10.3847/0004-637X/821/2/74

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The Pan-Pacific planet search. V. Fundamental parameters for 164 evolved stars
Wittenmyer, Robert A., Liu, Fan, Wang, Liang, Casagrande, Luca, Johnson, John Asher and Tinney, C. G.. 2016. "The Pan-Pacific planet search. V. Fundamental parameters for 164 evolved stars." The Astronomical Journal. 152 (1), pp. 1-15. https://doi.org/10.3847/0004-6256/152/1/19

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The Pan-Pacific planet search. III. Five companions orbiting giant stars
Wittenmyer, R. A., Butler, R. P., Wang, L., Bergmann, C., Salter, G. S., Tinney, C. G. and Johnson, J. A.. 2016. "The Pan-Pacific planet search. III. Five companions orbiting giant stars." Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 455 (2), pp. 1398-1405. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stv2396

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The conjectured S-type retrograde planet in ν Octantis: more evidence including four years of iodine-cell radial velocities
Ramm, D. J., Nelson, B. E., Endl, M., Hearnshaw, J. B., Wittenmyer, R. A., Gunn, F., Bergmann, C., Kilmartin, P. and Brogt, E.. 2016. "The conjectured S-type retrograde planet in ν Octantis: more evidence including four years of iodine-cell radial velocities." Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 460 (4), pp. 3706-3719. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stw1106

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MagAO imaging of long-period objects (MILO). II. A puzzling white dwarf around the sun-like star HD 11112
Rodigas, Timothy J., Bergeron, P., Simon, Amelie, Arriagada, Pamela, Faherty, Jacqueline K., Anglada-Escude, Guillem, Mamajak, Eric E., Weinberger, Alycia, Butler, R. Paul, Males, Jared R., Morzinski, Katie, Close, Laird M., Hinz, Philip M., Bailey, Jeremy, Carter, Brad, Jenkins, James S., Jones, Hugh, O'Toole, Simon, Tinney, C. G., ..., Debes, John. 2016. "MagAO imaging of long-period objects (MILO). II. A puzzling white dwarf around the sun-like star HD 11112." The Astrophysical Journal: an international review of astronomy and astronomical physics. 831 (2). https://doi.org/10.3847/0004-637X/831/2/177

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KELT-10b: The first transiting exoplanet from the KELT-South survey - a hot sub-Jupiter transiting a V = 10.7 early G-star
Kuhn, Rudolf B., Rodriguez, Joseph E., Collins, Karen A., Lund, Michael B., Siverd, Robert J., Colon, Knicole D., Pepper, Joshua, Stassun, Keivan G., Cargile, Phillip A., James, David J., Penev, Kaloyan, Zhou, George, Bayliss, Daniel, Tan, T. G., Curtis, Ivan A., Udry, Stephane, Segransan, Damien, Mawet, Dimitri, Dhital, Saurav, ..., Stevens, Daniel J.. 2016. "KELT-10b: The first transiting exoplanet from the KELT-South survey - a hot sub-Jupiter transiting a V = 10.7 early G-star." Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 459 (4), pp. 4281-4298. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stw880

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Could a change in magnetic field geometry cause the break in the wind-activity relation?
Vidotto, A. A., Donati, J.-F., Jardine, M., See, V., Petit, P., Boisse, I., Boro Saikia, S., Hebrard, E., Jeffers, S. V., Marsden, S. C. and Morin, J.. 2016. "Could a change in magnetic field geometry cause the break in the wind-activity relation?" Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters. 455 (1), pp. L52-L56. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnrasl/slv147

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The evolution of surface magnetic fields in young solar-type stars I: the first 250 Myr
Folsom, C. P., Petit, P., Bouvier, J., Lebre, A., Amard, L., Palacios, A., Morin, J., Donati, J.-F., Jeffers, S. V., Marsden, S. C. and Vidotto, A. A.. 2016. "The evolution of surface magnetic fields in young solar-type stars I: the first 250 Myr." Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 457 (1), pp. 580-607. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stv2924

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Magnetic field and wind of Kappa Ceti: toward the planetary habitability of the young sun when life arose on earth
do Nascimento Jr., J.-D., Vidotto, A. A., Petit, P., Folsom, C., Castro, M., Marsden, S. C., Morin, J., Porto de Mello, G. F., Meibom, S., Jeffers, S. V., Guinan, E. and Ribas, I.. 2016. "Magnetic field and wind of Kappa Ceti: toward the planetary habitability of the young sun when life arose on earth." The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 820 (1), pp. L15 (1)-L15 (6). https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8205/820/1/L15

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Temporal variability of the wind from the star τ Boötis
Nicholson, B. A., Vidotto, A. A., Mengel, M., Brookshaw, L., Carter, B., Petit, P., Marsden, S. C., Jeffers, S. V. and Fares, R.. 2016. "Temporal variability of the wind from the star τ Boötis." Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 459 (2), pp. 1907-1915. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stw731

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A solar-like magnetic cycle on the mature K-dwarf 61 Cygni A (HD 201091)
Boro Saikia, S., Jeffers, S. V., Morin, J., Petit, P., Folsom, C. P., Marsden, S. C., Donati, J.-F., Cameron, R., Hall, J. C., Perdelwitz, V., Reiners, A. and Vidotto, A. A.. 2016. "A solar-like magnetic cycle on the mature K-dwarf 61 Cygni A (HD 201091)." Astronomy and Astrophysics: a European journal. 594 (A29). https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201628262

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Modelling the inner debris disc of HR 8799
Contro, B., Horner, J., Wittenmyer, R. A., Marshall, J. P. and Hinse, T. C.. 2016. "Modelling the inner debris disc of HR 8799." Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 463 (1), pp. 191-204. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stw1935

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The Kilodegree Extremely Little Telescope: searching for transiting exoplanets in the Northern and Southern Sky
Soutter, Jack, Horner, Jonti and Pepper, Joshua. 2016. "The Kilodegree Extremely Little Telescope: searching for transiting exoplanets in the Northern and Southern Sky." Short, Wayne and Caprarelli, Graziella (ed.) 15th Australian Space Research Conference (ASRC 2015). Canberra, Australia 29 Sep - 01 Oct 2015 Sydney, Australia.

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The Pan-Pacific planet search. IV. Two super-Jupiters in a 3:5 resonance orbiting the giant star HD 33844
Wittenmyer, Robert A., Johnson, John Asher, Butler, R. P., Horner, Jonathan, Wang, Liang, Robertson, Paul, Jones, M. I., Jenkins, J. S., Brahm, R., Tinney, C. G., Mengel, M. W. and Clark, J.. 2016. "The Pan-Pacific planet search. IV. Two super-Jupiters in a 3:5 resonance orbiting the giant star HD 33844." The Astrophysical Journal: an international review of astronomy and astronomical physics. 818 (1), pp. 35-42. https://doi.org/10.3847/0004-637X/818/1/35

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Two new long-period giant planets from the McDonald Observatory planet search and two stars with long-period radial velocity signals related to stellar activity cycles
Endl, Michael, Brugamyer, Erik J., Cochran, William D., MacQueen, Phillip J., Robertson, Paul, Meschiari, Stefano, Ramirez, Ivan, Shetrone, Matthew, Gullikson, Kevin, Johnson, Marshall C., Wittenmyer, Robert, Horner, Jonathan, Ciardi, David R., Horch, Elliott, Simon, Attila E., Howell, Steve B., Everett, Mark, Caldwell, Caroline and Castanheira, Barbara G.. 2016. "Two new long-period giant planets from the McDonald Observatory planet search and two stars with long-period radial velocity signals related to stellar activity cycles." The Astrophysical Journal: an international review of astronomy and astronomical physics. 818 (1), pp. 1-20. https://doi.org/10.3847/0004-637X/818/1/34

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The Anglo-Australian planet search. XXIV. The frequency of Jupiter analogs
Wittenmyer, Robert A., Butler, R. P., Tinney, C. G., Horner, Jonathan, Carter, B. D., Wright, D. J., Jones, H. R. A., Bailey, J. and O'Toole, Simon J.. 2016. "The Anglo-Australian planet search. XXIV. The frequency of Jupiter analogs." The Astrophysical Journal: an international review of astronomy and astronomical physics. 819 (1), pp. 1-11. https://doi.org/10.3847/0004-637X/819/1/28

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Evidence for reflected light from the most eccentric exoplanet known
Kane, Stephen R., Wittenmyer, Robert A., Hinkel, Natalie R., Roy, Arpita, Mahadevan, Suvrath, Dragomir, Diana, Matthews, Jaymie M., Henry, Gregory W., Chakraborty, Abhijit, Boyajian, Tabetha S., Wright, Jason T., Ciardi, David R., Fischer, Debra A., Butler, R. Paul, Tinney, C. G., Carter, Brad D., Jones, Hugh R. A ., Bailey, Jeremy and O'Toole, Simon J.. 2016. "Evidence for reflected light from the most eccentric exoplanet known." The Astrophysical Journal: an international review of astronomy and astronomical physics. 821 (1). https://doi.org/10.3847/0004-637X/821/1/65

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The Discovery and Mass Measurement of a New Ultra-short-period Planet: K2-131b
Dai, Fei, Winn, Joshua N., Gandolfi, Davide, Wang, Sharon X., Teske, Johanna K., Burt, Jennifer, Albrecht, Simon, Barragan, Oscar, Cochran, William D., Endl, Michael, Fridlund, Malcolm, Hatzes, Artie P., Hirano, Teruyuki, Hirsch, Lea A., Johnson, Marshall C., Justesen, Anders Bo, Livingston, John, Persson, Carina M., Prieto-Arranz, Jorge, ..., Wittenmyer, Robert A.. 2017. "The Discovery and Mass Measurement of a New Ultra-short-period Planet: K2-131b." The Astronomical Journal. 154 (6), pp. 1-17. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-3881/aa9065

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Anticipating Tathreeine: searching for stable planetary orbits around a compact hierarchical triple
Busetti, Franco. 2013. Anticipating Tathreeine: searching for stable planetary orbits around a compact hierarchical triple. Masters Thesis Master of Science. University of Southern Queensland.

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The dynamics of Centaurs in the vicinity of the 2:1 mean motion resonance of Neptune and Uranus Trojan region
Wood, Jeremy and Horner, Jonathan. 2015. "The dynamics of Centaurs in the vicinity of the 2:1 mean motion resonance of Neptune and Uranus Trojan region." Short, Wayne and Cairns, Iver (ed.) 14th Australian Space Research Conference (ASRC 2014). Adelaide, Australia 29 Sep - 01 Oct 2014 Sydney, Australia.

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The influence of Jupiter, Mars and Venus on Earth’s orbital evolution
Horner, Jonathan, Gilmore, James B. and Waltham, Dave. 2016. "The influence of Jupiter, Mars and Venus on Earth’s orbital evolution." Short, Wayne and Caprarelli, Graziella (ed.) 15th Australian Space Research Conference (ASRC 2015). Canberra, Australia 29 Sep - 01 Oct 2015 Sydney, Australia.

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The curious case of HU Aquarii - dynamically testing proposed planetary systems
Horner, Jonathan, Wittenmyer, Robert A., Marshall, Jonathan P., Tinney, Chris G. and Butters, Oliver W.. 2012. "The curious case of HU Aquarii - dynamically testing proposed planetary systems." Short, Wayne and Cairns, Iver (ed.) 11th Australian Space Science Conference (ASSC 2011). Canberra, Australia 26 - 29 Sep 2011 Sydney, Australia.

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Quantifying Jupiter’s influence on the Earth’s impact flux: implications for planetary habitability
Horner, Jonathan and Jones, Barrie W.. 2012. "Quantifying Jupiter’s influence on the Earth’s impact flux: implications for planetary habitability." Short, Wayne and Cairns, Iver (ed.) 11th Australian Space Science Conference (ASSC 2011). Canberra, Australia 26 - 29 Sep 2011 Sydney, Australia.

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Are two of the Neptune Trojans dynamically unstable?
Horner, Jonathan and Lykawka, Patryk Sofia. 2012. "Are two of the Neptune Trojans dynamically unstable?" Short, Wayne and Cairns, Iver (ed.) 11th Australian Space Science Conference (ASSC 2011). Canberra, Australia 26 - 29 Sep 2011 Canberra, Australia.

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Capturing Trojans and irregular satellites - the key required to unlock planetary migration
Horner, Jonathan, Koch, F. Elliott and Lykawka, Patryk Sofia. 2013. "Capturing Trojans and irregular satellites - the key required to unlock planetary migration." Short, Wayne and Cairns, Iver (ed.) 12th Australian Space Science Conference (ASSC 2012). Melbourne, Australia 24 - 26 Sep 2012 Sydney, Australia.

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