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Episode 106: Is Our Solar System Unique? The Complex Process of Planetary Formation, with Aaron Boley
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Episode 106: Is Our Solar System Unique? The Complex Process of Planetary Formation, with Aaron Boley
FromThe Star Spot
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Length:
37 minutes
Released:
Aug 8, 2016
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Podcast episode
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Feature Guest: Aaron Boley Is our solar system unique? That's becoming a major question for researchers. It turns out solar system formation is a far more complex process than anyone imagined. Gas giants migrate in and out. Planets swap places with each other. And bodies of all shapes and sizes appear at every conceivable distance from their star. To make sense of what might literally be a chaotic system today I’m joined at The Star Spot by Aaron Boley, Canada Research Chair in Planetary Astronomy. Current in Space About Our Guest Aaron Boley is Assistant Professor and Canada Research Chair in Planetary Astronomy at the University of British Columbia. He studied at the Institute for Theoretical Physics in Switzerland before holding a Sagan Postdoctoral Fellowship from the University of Florida. Boley is a frequent guest at public science events, having presented to Café Scientifique, Vancouver’s VanCityBuzz and the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada.
Released:
Aug 8, 2016
Format:
Podcast episode
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