| dc.contributor.advisor | Richard P. Binzel and Amanda S. Bosh. | en_US |
| dc.contributor.author | Berry, Kristin L | en_US |
| dc.contributor.other | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences. | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-03-12T19:31:26Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2018-03-12T19:31:26Z | |
| dc.date.copyright | 2013 | en_US |
| dc.date.issued | 2013 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/114137 | |
| dc.description | Thesis: S.B., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, 2013. | en_US |
| dc.description | Cataloged from PDF version of thesis. | en_US |
| dc.description | Includes bibliographical references (pages 31-32). | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | QX Pup is a known Mira variable at the core of the Rotten Egg Nebula that has not been studied in detail since its discovery in 1983. In this study, four years of photometric data in V and I and two years of photometric data in R and B are analyzed. A period of T = 535.4 ± 8 days, and a magnitude drop of [Delta]mI , = 2.2 ± 0.69 are measured in I, and and phase shifts between the the other three filters and I are determined to be [o]R = 6 ± 40 days, [o]B = 66 ± 64 days, #, [o]v = 16 ± 86 days. These results are used to speculate about the possibility of a light-echo off the Rotten Egg Nebula and the conditions on Earth-like planets around Mira variables. | en_US |
| dc.description.statementofresponsibility | by Kristin L. Berry. | en_US |
| dc.format.extent | 32 pages | en_US |
| dc.language.iso | eng | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | en_US |
| dc.rights | MIT theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed, downloaded, or printed from this source but further reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. | en_US |
| dc.rights.uri | http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582 | en_US |
| dc.subject | Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences. | en_US |
| dc.title | QX Pup : the fascinating yolk of the Rotten Egg Nebula | en_US |
| dc.title.alternative | Fascinating yolk of the Rotten Egg Nebula | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
| dc.description.degree | S.B. | en_US |
| dc.contributor.department | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences | |
| dc.identifier.oclc | 1027757955 | en_US |
