astronomy

Guillem Anglada-Escudé

Guillem Anglada-Escudé is a astronomy topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Guillem Anglada-Escudé rather than just read about it. In short: Guillem Anglada-Escudé (born 1979) is a Spanish astronomer. In 2016, he led a team of astronomers under the Pale Red Dot campaign, which resulted in the confirmation of the existence of Proxima Centauri b, the closest potentially habitable extrasolar planet to Earth, followed by the publication of a peer-reviewed article in Nature.

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Reference excerpt

Guillem Anglada-Escudé (born 1979) is a Spanish astronomer. In 2016, he led a team of astronomers under the Pale Red Dot campaign, which resulted in the confirmation of the existence of Proxima Centauri b, the closest potentially habitable extrasolar planet to Earth, followed by the publication of a peer-reviewed article in Nature. In 2017, Anglada-Escudé was named amongst the 100 most influential people according to Time, and one of Nature's top 10 scientists of the year 2016. He is currently a research fellow at Institut de Ciències de l'Espai.

Publications Anglada-Escudé, Guillem; Amado, Pedro J.; Barnes, John; et al. (2016). "A terrestrial planet candidate in a temperate orbit around Proxima Centauri". Nature. 536 (7617): 437–440. arXiv:1609.03449. Bibcode:2016Natur.536..437A. doi:10.1038/nature19106. PMID 27558064. S2CID 4451513. Anglada-Escudé, Guillem; Arriagada, Pamela; Tuomi, Mikko; Zechmeister, Mathias; Jenkins, James S.; Ofir, Aviv; Dreizler, Stefan; Gerlach, Enrico; Marvin, Christopher J.; Reiners, Ansgar; Jeffers, Sandra V.; Butler, R. Paul; Vogt, Steven S.; Amado, Pedro J.; Rodríguez-López, Cristina; Berdiñas, Zaira M.; Morin, Julien; Crane, Jeffrey D.; Shectman, Stephen A.; Thompson, I. B.; Díaz, M.; Rivera, Eugenio; Sarmiento, Luis F.; Jones, Hugh R. A. (2014). "Two planets around Kapteyn's star: a cold and a temperate super-Earth orbiting the nearest halo red dwarf" (PDF). Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 443 (1): L89–L93. doi:10.1093/mnrasl/slu076. Anglada-Escudé, Guillem; Butler, R. Paul (2012). "The HARPS-TERRA project I. Description of the algorithms, performance and new measurements on a few remarkable stars observed by HARPS". The Astrophysical Journal. 200 (2): 15. arXiv:1202.2570. Bibcode:2012ApJS..200...15A. doi:10.1088/0067-0049/200/2/15. S2CID 118528839. Anglada-Escudé, Guillem; Plavchan, Peter; Mills, Sean; Gao, Peter; García-Berríos, Edgardo; Lewis, Nathan S.; Sung, Keeyoon; Ciardi, David; Beichman, Charles A.; Brinkworth, Carolyn; Johnson, John; Davison, Cassy; White, Russel; Prato, Lisa (2012). "Design and Construction of Absorption Cells for Precision Radial Velocities in the K Band Using Methane Isotopologues". Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. 124 (916): 586–597. arXiv:1205.1388. Bibcode:2012PASP..124..586A. doi:10.1086/666489. JSTOR 10.1086/666489. S2CID 24552613.

References

External links https://nai.nasa.gov/directory/anglada-escude-guillem/ https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Guillem_Anglada-Escude

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Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Guillem Anglada-Escudé

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Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Guillem Anglada-Escudé before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Guillem Anglada-Escudé ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Guillem Anglada-Escudé

In research: Guillem Anglada-Escudé appears in astronomy research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Guillem Anglada-Escudé in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Guillem Anglada-Escudé is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1979 births, 21st-century Spanish astronomers, Academic staff of the University of Göttingen, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Guillem Anglada-Escudé outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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