I am a research analyst at the Center for Naval Analyses, and a PhD graduate from the University of Maryland at College Park where I studied orbital dynamics and planetary formation with Prof. Douglas Hamilton.
I am a research analyst at the Center for Naval Analyses, and a PhD graduate from the University of Maryland at College Park where I studied orbital dynamics and planetary formation with Prof. Douglas Hamilton.
I research the origins of the spin-states of planetary bodies either through giant impacts or a spin-orbit resonance. My primary focus is Uranus, and I use numerical tools to help explain why it is tilted on its side.
This is a wonderful illustration, courtesy of Dr. James Tuttle Keane, explaining one of the secular spin-orbit resonance models I explored to tilt Uranus (Source).