Author Archives: Paul M Robertson

NEID measures a spin-orbit angle for a long period planet

Background The TESS mission continues to discover fruitful exoplanet systems ripe for various types of detailed study, including with NEID. Recently, we investigated the spin-orbit angle of a planet in the TOI-1670 system. The NEID team has investigated this kind … Continue reading

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NEID Validates a Venus-like Exoplanet

Despite challenges caused by a global pandemic, the NEID team has adapted, and is already putting out important new exoplanet science.  Much of the early science efforts with NEID have focused on detailed characterization of new exoplanets discovered by the … Continue reading

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NEID Passes Operational Readiness Review

It’s been a long time coming! As of this writing, it has been almost exactly five years since NEID was selected as the design for the extremely precise radial velocity instrument to be developed through NASA and the NSF’s joint … Continue reading

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NEID graces the cover of IEEE Spectrum

An article discussing the innovative technology used in the NEID Spectrometer is featured in this month’s issue of IEEE Spectrum Magazine.  IEEE Spectrum is the official magazine of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, a professional society dedicated to the … Continue reading

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NEID Team Receives NASA Group Achievement Award

This week, the NEID instrument team was recognized by NASA with the Group Achievement Award, which is presented to groups who have distinguished themselves through outstanding contributions to NASA’s mission.  The award citation to the NEID team is: “For the … Continue reading

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Under Construction Already!

It has been a busy summer for NEID and its team.  Now that the project has officially started, there are many tasks that must be done in a short amount of time.  Plans must be made, parts must be ordered, … Continue reading

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NEID Featured on the Many Worlds Blog

As part of NASA’s Nexus for Exoplanet Systems Science (NExSS), science journalist Marc Kaufman documents new and interesting research related to NASA’s various exoplanet science programs on the Many Worlds blog.  His latest post features NEID, and its role in … Continue reading

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NEID: The Introduction

Welcome to NEID!  Here, we will document the development and deployment of a new high resolution planet-finding spectrograph that will be installed in 2019 on the 3.5-meter WIYN Telescope at Kitt Peak National Observatory near Tucson, Arizona. This instrument will … Continue reading

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