Paul Wiegert, Professor

I'm interested in the dynamics of the Solar System, particularly its smaller bodies, asteroids, comets and meteoroid streams. I'm also interested in the dynamics of planets around other stars, and in celestial mechanics in general.

1. D. Vida, P. Brown, H. Devillepoix, P. Wiegert, D. Moser, P. Matlovic, C. Herd, P. Hill, E. Sansom, M. Towner, J. Toth, W. Cooke, D. Hladiuk (2023), Direct measurements of decimetre-sized rocky material in the Oort Cloud, Nature Astronomy, 7, 318-329.
2. Fox, C. and Wiegert, P., “NEOSSat observations of three transiting hot Jupiters”, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 516, no. 4, pp. 4684–4690, 2022. doi:10.1093/mnras/stac2575.
3. Egal, A., Wiegert, P., and Brown, P. G., “A proposed alternative dynamical history for 2P/Encke that explains the Taurid meteoroid complex”, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 515, no. 2, pp. 2800–2821, 2022. doi:10.1093/mnras/stac1839.
4. Hui, M.-T., “The Lingering Death of Periodic Near-Sun Comet 323P/SOHO”, The Astronomical Journal, vol. 164, no. 1, 2022. doi:10.3847/1538-3881/ac6dcb.
5. Gregg, C. R. and Wiegert, P. A., “A dedicated Lunar Trojan Asteroid Survey with small ground-based telescopes”, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 511, no. 4, pp. 5396–5404, 2022. doi:10.1093/mnras/stac165.

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Undergraduate:
Astronomy 2801: Observing the Stars
Physics 1501: Enriched Introductory Physics I

Graduate:
Astronomy 9205: Planetary Motion
Astronomy 9601: Solar System and Planetary Astronomy

• Chapter Editor, Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) Detailed Science Case 2024: Solar System chapter
• International Astronomical Union Commision F2 (Exoplanets and the Solar System) Organizing Committee 2015-2021