David Kipping is a British-American astronomer and associate professor at Columbia University, where he leads the Cool Worlds Lab.[1][2][3] Kipping grew up in Warwickshire, he studied at Cambridge University and University College London, and completed a post-doctoral fellowship at Harvard University before joining Columbia University as an assistant professor in 2015. In 2016, Kipping launched the Cool Worlds Youtube channel to share his research topics with the wider public.
David Kipping | |
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| Born | 1983 or 1984 |
| Education | University of Cambridge (BA),(MS), University College London (PhD) |
| Occupation(s) | Associate professor, astronomer, Youtuber |
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| Fields | Astronomy, astrophysics, exomoons |
| Institutions | Columbia University |
| Thesis | The Transits of Extrasolar Planets with Moons (2011) |
| Doctoral advisor | Giovanna Tinetti |
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| Genre(s) | Astronomy, Astrophysics, Science Communication |
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| Website | https://www.coolworldslab.com/ |
Along with Ingo Waldmann and Steve Fossey, Kipping discovered in 2009 that the exoplanet HD 80606b (previously known from radial velocity) transits its host star.[4]
In 2011, Kipping founded the Hunt for Exomoons with Kepler, a project that searches for exomoons, natural satellites of exoplanets, using data collected by the Kepler space telescope.[5]
In 2019, Kipping proposed a method of spaceflight known as the halo drive.[6]
References
edit- ^ "Astronomer David Kipping Named Sloan Research Fellow". Columbia News.
- ^ Plait, Phil (18 August 2016). "So What Exactly Is an "Alien Megastructure"?". slate.com.
- ^ Ciaccia, Chris (19 May 2020). "Astronomer puts odds on extraterrestrial life existing: 'Universe teeming with life ... the favored bet'". Fox News.
- ^ "European Week of Astronomy and Space Sciences - Press Releases". Star-www.herts.ac.uk. Retrieved 25 January 2014.
- ^ "Why we're finally on the cusp of finding exomoons around other planets". New Scientist.
- ^ Kipping, David (11 March 2019). "THE HALO DRIVE: FUEL-FREE RELATIVISTIC PROPULSION OF LARGE MASSES VIA RECYCLED BOOMERANG PHOTONS". arXiv:1903.03423 [gr-qc].
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