Adorable. Does YOUR sci conference produce stuff like this? RT @emilulu: #FundMeMaybe is out! http://youtu.be/XTvajOQ_xak #AAS221
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Watch Hangout live with me, @exploreplanets, @megschwamb, & @PlanRad: http://bit.ly/13k72Bn Ask Qs with hashtag #planetarylive #AAS221
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RT @jeff_foust: Rohrabacher's comments not surprising if you've paid attention to his past comments. Many at #aas221, I think, have not.
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Huh? RT @pandakat: Rohrabacher claims it is not NASA's job to outreach to children. #aas221
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RT @jeff_foust: Policy forum getting underway. Featured guests are Reps. Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA) and Judy Chu (D-CA). #aas221
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RT @astronomolly: Hey #AAS221 tweeters: please cite whom you're getting these awesome science snippets from!!
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MT @juliafang: Kipping talking about exomoon occurrence; looked at 7 kepler planet candidates, found no compelling evidence for them #aas221
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My quick-and-dirty writeup of some of the high points of exoplanet stuff at #AAS221 so far http://bit.ly/WrVtRA
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Kalas: we spent a lot of time showing how elliptical orbit of Fomalhaut b can coexist with flat, circular debris disk if mass small #AAS221
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Govert Schilling brings up controversy inspired by 2010 observations, when many [including me] said Fomalhaut b couldn't be a planet #AAS221
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Graham: theorists should be pleased because we have just provided them a new example of a complex system. #AAS221
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Graham: So basically we are observing a Centaur in an exoplanetary system. In theory it could eventually evolve into a Sedna #AAS221
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Graham: since Fomalhaut b has not been detected in IR, it can't be bigger than Jupiter. It could be as small as asteroid Ceres. #AAS221
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Graham: why can we see Fomalhaut b with Hubble? We think it's dust, either as a Saturn-like ring or a shroud. #AAS221
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James Graham now presenting on Fomalhaut b orbit, which, based on 4 obs, is elliptical, ranging from 40 to 350 AU from star #AAS221
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Kalas: 2010 image revealed unexpected motion of Fomalhaut b. Planet clearly imaged in 2012 as well (a new result) #AAS221
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Now Paul Kalas delivers a "major update" on Fomalhaut b, first directly imaged exoplanet. #AAS221
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Su: Vega and Fomalhaut have another twin, HR 8799, known to have 4 massive planets. Only a matter of time before we find Vega's #AAS221
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Su: large gap between Vega's inner and outer belts - from 14 to 90 AU - must be maintained by at least 2 planets. #AAS221
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Su: Vega looks very similar to Fomalhaut, but We are seeing Vega face-on, while Fomalhaut's disk is inclined. #AAS221
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Now Kate Su, talking about discovering asteroid belt at Vega with Hubble & Spitzer. Vega is 2nd brightest star in northern sky. #AAS221
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Welsh is basically talking about sungrazing comets evaporating in exoplanetary systems. @SungrazerComets take note! #AAS221
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Welsh: evaporating comets have now been detected in 11 planetary systems, all of them young (<50Myr) #AAS221
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Barry Welsh now reporting on detection of exo-comets through "spectral footprints" of gas emission from comet tails #AAS221
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Apai: phase shift between Hubble, Spitzer obs imply large-scale weather patterns on dwarf. Can apply technique to map exoplanets #AAS221
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Apai: acquired simultaneous light curves of brown dwarf from Spitzer & Hubble. First such data set, probes different layers. #AAS221
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Apai: brown dwarf atmospheres are cool because vary in temp from 100 to 1900 C. Can have many cloud layers, from water to silicates. #AAS221
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Daniel Apai presenting on the atmospheres of brown dwarfs. It seems crazy this is actually a field of study. #AAS221
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Time for the last #AAS221 press briefing of the day. Back to exoplanets!
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RT @PlanetaryHabLab: The Periodic Table of Exoplanets for the new 2,740 NASA Kepler Candidates is available now http://www.hpcf.upr.edu/~abel/phl/PT_Kepler.jpg #AAS221
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