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PoindexterOglethorpe

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5. Yes, he is. He's actually in a PhD program
Sun Mar 20, 2022, 11:09 AM
Mar 2022

at George Mason University in Fairfax, VA, just outside Washington DC. His research is on exo planets.

One of his formal degree requirements is to get three professional articles published. One has already been accepted, he's nearly done with the rewrite, he's drafting the second, will start the third when number two is finished, and he's fine-tuning his research.

Apparently there are plenty of good jobs in his field. Plus, of course, he makes lots of contacts at various conferences he goes to. In the summer of 2019 there was one just for people doing his specific kind of exo planet research (radial velocity, here's a link to how it's done: https://www.planetary.org/articles/color-shifting-stars-the-radial-velocity-method) in Switzerland. Maybe 125 people altogether, so essentially they all know each other.

I constantly call him up with random astronomy questions, and he's always good at explaining things to me.

James Webb is Well Focused! [View all] Disaffected Mar 2022 OP
My Son The Astronomer is giddy with delight. PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 2022 #1
OMG your son's an astronomer?!?!?!?!?! renate Mar 2022 #3
Yes, he is. He's actually in a PhD program PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 2022 #5
oh boy!!!! rurallib Mar 2022 #2
Here's three paragraphs....... USALiberal Mar 2022 #4
Take a close look at that image Trailrider1951 Mar 2022 #6
So cool! USALiberal Mar 2022 #7
That's what I find really mind-blowing about such images. Disaffected Mar 2022 #8
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