Essays about: "Viktor Hrannar Jónsson"

Found 2 essays containing the words Viktor Hrannar Jónsson.

  1. 1. The tangled Warp of the Milky Way

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Astrofysik; Lunds universitet/Fysiska institutionen

    Author : Viktor Hrannar Jónsson; [2023]
    Keywords : Galaxy: structure; Galaxy: kinematics and dynamics; Galaxy: disk; Galaxy: evolution; Physics and Astronomy;

    Abstract : Context: The Milky Way disc, like the discs of many other spiral galaxies, has been shown to be warped. The growing astrometric data set for stars produced by the Gaia mission allows for more detailed studies of the stellar disc's warp. READ MORE

  3. 2. Effects of planetary radius contraction on scattering

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Astronomi - Genomgår omorganisation

    Author : Viktor Hrannar Jónsson; [2020]
    Keywords : Physics and Astronomy;

    Abstract : The observed high orbital eccentricities of many giant exoplanets is thought to be the result of gravitational scattering between planets. Outcomes of planet-planet scattering can result in some planets being lost by ejections into interstellar space, or collisions between planets or with the star. READ MORE