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David Latham. Lecturer / Senior Astronomer at SAO. Research. Exoplanets have been my main research interest in recent years, initially with a focus on the detection of candidate planets, both with radial-velocity surveys and with space missions such as Kepler and TESS.
About David Latham. Watch David's introduction of his 2024 FENDAWOOD STUD DOGS. Being introduced to gun dogs at a young age by my father, a rough shoot and rabbiting enthusiast; in 1978 I was given my first Labrador, Gunstock Sally - a black bitch, with whom I forged a close bond.
May 30, 2019 · It was March 1988, and astronomer David Latham was working into the night, puzzling over an odd result from an experimental instrument at Harvard’s Oak Ridge Observatory in Massachusetts. At the time, planets around other stars were an unproven – if thrilling – idea.
I am a senior astronomer at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory in Cambridge, Massachusetts. I have been working on the search for planets orbiting nearby stars since 1984, with a recent focus (since 1999) on transiting planets. I also have a joint appointment at Harvard and have taught thousands of students.
David Latham is a prominent astronomer who worked on stellar spectroscopy, red shift survey, extrasolar planets, and space interferometry. In this interview, he talks about his family background, education, career, and collaborations with other astronomers.
Oct 30, 2013 · Kepler-78b is a planet that shouldn’t exist. “This planet is a complete mystery,” said astronomer David Latham of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA). “We don’t know how it formed or how it got to where it is today. What we do know is that it’s not going to last forever.”
Senior Astronomer. Searches for and characterization of extrasolar planets; the formation and early history of the Milky Way Galaxy; the frequency and orbital characteristics of binaries in various stellar populations. Background And Education.
