IT'S EXOCUP TIME!!!!
🚨It's here; the 1st poll of #ExoCup2022!🚨
In Round 1 Group A we have #WASP121b, #TRAPPIST1e, #GJ1132b, & #PSR1257b fighting for two slots in the Round-of-16. hot Jupiter, temperate rock, dense super-earth, or resurrected pulsar world. Which #exoplanet will prevail?
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/ExocastExoCup/status/1589603884427005953
Something us exoplanet astronomers have done over on the bird app is the yearly #ExoCup competition, where the people who run the #ExoCast podcast organize a bracket and polls for us to pick the best #exoplanet
And the contenders for #ExoCup2022 have been announced! Generally these are drawn from the exoplanets that have been the most discussed in scientific papers that year, plus a few wild cards based on the favorites of the organizers.
I don't think any of the organizers have made it over to the fediverse yet, so this year I'll bring you updates and information about the planets up for the title of "Best Exoplanet of the year", along with my snarky opinions on which ones are the worst exoplanets ☺️
Hopefully next year we can convince them to run polls here too 😉
(Servers here seem a bit overloaded at the moment, so I'll upload information on the exoplanets in contention for the crown later)
Sam
Erin M. May, PhD