Peter Plavchan
@PlavchanPeter
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Associate Professor of Astronomy. Opinions stated herein are generated by an AI, & do not reflect any official university position or my own.
George Mason University
Joined September 2011
NASA astro nerd dreams really do come true. So honored to be leading an amazing team as we enter Phase A development of the NASA Landolt mission.
We're sending a star into space! @GeorgeMasonU is the home of the $19.5 million Landolt Space Mission that will put an artificial "star" in orbit around the Earth. Read more:
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Nickel and dime are next.
#GeorgeMasonResearch Garett Jones of @MasonEconomics: “Strictly as a matter of economics, it’s been time to get rid of the penny for a long time.” @GMU_CSPC
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Why I hate software monoculture: Outlook will currently not load a message or composition tab in Firefox. It keeps resetting and reloading Outlook. Worked fine this morning.
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In order to get a prescription to Lilly direct, which is not covered by most insurance, I had to get my thyroid checked last year, which resulted in half of it being removed due to a non cancerous growth, and then take another addiction drug combo for six months that did not result in any weight loss. My biggest challenge has been a combination of stress eating which these days I control half of the time and eating to stay awake longer which is about the same.
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RT @astroEdLu: @b612foundation has taken the orbit and uncertainty of asteroid 2024YR4, sampled 10K trajectories from the current uncertain…
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RT @astrogrant: I know everyone hates overheads but capping Indirects to 15% on NIH grants is doom for Medical schools and big R1s. The law…
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RT @PWInstruments: 🔭 PlaneWave has built the world’s most advanced telescopes—trusted by NASA and top space organizations. Now, we’re mergi…
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At know thy star, know thy planet 2 conference on the Caltech campus in Ramo auditorium. It made me realize why I skipped a lot of my classes in here and elsewhere on campus (besides being a night owl and sleeping in) - I didn’t fit in the damn seats. It was painful and uncomfortable. Not conducive to learning. I tolerated that a lot as an undergrad, especially on planes. The front row half worked but usually I was too timid to sit up front or got there a little late.
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No, we haven’t.
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RT @NewsfromScience: Exclusive: NSF this week began to search through billions of dollars of grants the agency has already awarded for anyt…
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RT @ExploreCosmos_: NASA's Pandora mission, a small satellite, is nearing launch after completing its spacecraft bus. Pandora will study…
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In Pasadena through Feb 8. Happy to catch up with friends and colleagues if schedules align. Lots of nostalgia for Caltech, realizing this year will be 29 years since I first set foot on campus. I’m lucky to still be able to come here for work.
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RT @luckytran: In response to orders from the Trump White House, the National Science Foundation has canceled all of its grant review panel…
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The validation of AU Mic d from our group in Wittrock et al. 2023 is confirmed and improved by the CHEOPS team with this fresh result! (our paper: ). What an amazing system - d is a sub-Earth mass planet inbetween b and c, and the TTVs support the misaligned c found by Yu et al. 2025 at the HARPS team with RVs (which is a crazy surprise given the relative flatness of most older compact multis).
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I like this new section on Google news. I saw that first title and did a double take.
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RT @fermatslibrary: Happy New Year! 🎉 2025 will be the only square year (45²) in many of our lifetimes.
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