Meg Schwamb

@megschwamb@mastodon.online
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Planetary scientist & astronomer at Queen’s University Belfast: KBOs, Planet Four(Mars), exoplanets (Planet Hunters NGTS) ,LSST SSSC co-chair. Opinions posted are my own
websitehttps://megschwamb.com/
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Meg Schwamb2d ago
IMPRS Solar System School2d ago

The Institute of Geophysics and Extraterrestrial Physics of the Technische Universität Braunschweig is looking to fill a researcher position (salary group 13 TV-L 100%) in asteroid science as part of J. Agarwal’s research group, starting from the earliest possible date for a period of 3 years. Review of applications will begin on June 16, 2025, and continue until the position is filled.

https://www.tu-braunschweig.de/fileadmin/Redaktionsgruppen/Institute_Fakultaet_5/IGEP/Stellenauschreibung/phd_position_active_asteroids.pdf

@tubraunschweig

#imprs #tubraunschweig #phd #jobad #asteroid #solarsystem

Meg Schwamb2d ago
Fantastic to hear that Joe Murtagh, a graduate student in my research group, has his first paper officially accepted to Astronomical Journal - Joe talks more about his paper results in this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I94T-ku2Jhs
LSST Centaur Predictions

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Meg Schwamb3d ago
Matthew Kenworthy3d ago
Wow! Bryant+ with “A giant planet transiting a 0.2 solar mass host star” that has a transit depth of almost 20% - with that depth, this will be ideal for a very detailed spectroscopic study in the future. A very interesting outlier. #astrodon #exoplanets https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.07931
Meg Schwamb6d ago
Asteroids with ‘unstable orbits’ hide around Venus—do they threaten Earth? https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/asteroids-venus-earth-danger-orbit
Asteroids with ‘unstable orbits’ hide around Venus—do they threaten Earth?

New research on the orbits of these mysterious asteroids near Venus stress the need for better space rock surveillance.

Meg SchwambJun 5
Cool video by Jake Kurlander, UW PhD student, explaining his paper on the asteroid and Kuiper belt discovery predictions for @VRubinObs Legacy Survey of Space and Time https://youtu.be/fvpOfraHGGo?feature=shared #astrodon
The expected LSST Solar System small body inventory

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Meg SchwambJun 5
ESA’s new asteroid hunter opens its eye to the sky https://www.esa.int/Space_Safety/Planetary_Defence/ESA_s_new_asteroid_hunter_opens_its_eye_to_the_sky
ESA’s new asteroid hunter opens its eye to the sky

The European Space Agency’s (ESA) newest planetary defender has opened its ‘eye’ to the cosmos for the first time. The Flyeye telescope’s ‘first light’ marks the beginning of a new chapter in how we scan the skies for new near-Earth asteroids and comets.

Meg SchwambJun 4
Show threadV MartínJun 4

Sorcha papers 🧵 3/3

@astronomerritt et al: "Sorcha: A Solar System Survey Simulator for the LSST"
https://arxiv.org/html/2506.02804v1

Holman et al: "Sorcha: Optimized Solar System Ephemeris Generation"
https://arxiv.org/html/2506.02140v1

Meg SchwambJun 4
Show threadV MartínJun 4

Estimations for Centaurs. 🧵 2/3

Murtagh et al: "Predictions of the LSST Solar System Yield: Discovery Rates and Characterizations of Centaurs"
https://arxiv.org/html/2506.02779v1

Meg SchwambJun 4
Meg SchwambJun 4

The @VRubinObs will discover ~70% of all of its small body discoveries in it's first 2 years! A video animation of our discovery predictions - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fF4qLScqf-M

Further details https://sorcha.space/

Simulated Solar System Discoveries of LSST

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Meg SchwambJun 4
V MartínJun 4

Updated estimations on number of Solar System objects detected by @VRubinObs / LSST survey, thanks to their Sorcha simulator.

🧵 1/3

Kurlander et al (including @megschwamb): "Predictions of the LSST Solar System Yield: Near-Earth Objects, Main Belt Asteroids, Jupiter Trojans, and Trans-Neptunian Objects"
https://arxiv.org/html/2506.02487v1