Ravi Kopparapu
University of Maryland, College Park
Current Projects
- Task A: Solar System Analogs for Extrasolar Planetary Processes and Observations — 2016 NAI
- Planetary Surface and Interior Models and SuperEarths — 2015 NAI
- Stellar Effects on Planetary Habitability and the Limits of the Habitable Zone — 2015 NAI
- Planetary Surface and Interior Models and SuperEarths — 2014 NAI
- Stellar Effects on Planetary Habitability and the Limits of the Habitable Zone — 2014 NAI
- Stellar Effects on Planetary Habitability and the Limits of the Habitable Zone — 2013 NAI
- Dynamical Effects on Planetary Habitability — 2012 NAI
- Super-Earth Atmospheres — 2011 NAI
- Dynamical Effects on Planetary Habitability — 2011 NAI
- Formation of Terrestrial Planets — 2010 NAI
- Dynamical Effects on Planetary Habitability — 2010 NAI
- Stellar Effects on Planetary Habitability — 2009 NAI
- Planet Formation and Dynamical Modeling — 2009 NAI
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NAI Project Collaborators
- Project collaborators as reported by the latest NAI Annual Report.
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Publications
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Kopparapu, R. K., & Barnes, R. (2010). STABILITY ANALYSIS OF SINGLE-PLANET SYSTEMS AND THEIR HABITABLE ZONES. The Astrophysical Journal, 716(2), 1336–1344. doi:10.1088/0004-637x/716/2/1336
See Project -
Kopparapu, R. K., Raymond, S. N., & Barnes, R. (2009). STABILITY OF ADDITIONAL PLANETS IN AND AROUND THE HABITABLE ZONE OF THE HD 47186 PLANETARY SYSTEM. The Astrophysical Journal, 695(2), L181–L184. doi:10.1088/0004-637x/695/2/l181
See Project - Kopparapu, R. & Barnes, R. (2009). Dynamical Stability of Terrestrial Mass Planets in and Around the Habitable Zones of Single Planet Systems. Am. Geophys. U. San Francisco, CA. See Project
- Kopparapu, R. & Barnes, R. (2010). Dynamical Stability of Terrestrial Mass Planets in and Around the Habitable Zones of Single Planet Systems. NAI Workshop ``Revisiting the Habitable Zone,’'. Seattle, WA. See Project
- Kopparapu, R. & Barnes, R. (2010). Dynamical Stability of Terrestrial Mass Planets in and around the Habitable Zones of Single Planet Systems. Am. Astron. Soc. Meeting \# 215. Washington, DC. See Project
- Kopparapu, R.K. & Barnes, R. (2011). Dynamical Stability of Earth-mass Planets in the Presence of Two Giant Planets. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society. See Project
- Kopparapu, R.K., Kasting, J.F. & Zahnle, K.J. (In Preparation). Habitable Zones Around Low Mass Stars. See Project
- Ramirez, R., Kopparapu, R., Freedman, R. & Kasting, J.F. (2011, Submitted for Review). Greenhouse warming by dense CO2/CH4 atmospheres and a critique of the impact hypothesis for martian valley formation. Icarus. See Project
- Timpe, M.L., Kopparapu, R., Barnes, R., Raymond, S.N., Greenberg, R. & Gorelick, N. (2011). Secular Behavior of Exoplanetary Systems: Self-Consistency and Comparisons With The Planet-Planet Scattering Hypothesis. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society. See Project
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Email:
ravikumar.kopparapu@nasa.gov