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Academic papers

2025

G. Gonzalez, " Placing the Solar System in its Astrophysical Context ," Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 541 (2025): 3043. link

2025

N. Bush et al.,  "Assembly, optimization and calibration of the Roman coronagraph camera systems: the exoplanetary systems camera (EXCAM) and the low order wavefront sensing camera (LOCAM)."  Journal of Astronomical Telescopes, Instruments, and Systems , 11 No. 3 (2025):  031503-031503 . link

2024

R. Demers et al., "Adaptive optics development at the Giant Magellan Telescope: recent progress,"  Adaptive Optics Systems IX,  13097  (2024): 466. link

2022

B. N. Sitarski et al., "The GMT telescope metrology system design,"   Ground-based and Airborne Telescopes IX ,  12182  (2022): 54. link

2022

G. Gonzalez, "Reevaluating the Visibility of the April 3, AD 33 Lunar Eclipse from Jerusalem," Bibliotheca Sacra , 179 (2022): 221. link

2022

R. Zellem et al., " Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope coronagraph instrument observation calibration plan,"  Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2022: Optical, Infrared, and Millimeter Wave,  12180 (2022): 729. link

2020

G. Gonzalez, "The Solar System: Favored for Space Travel," Bio-Complexity (2020). link

2019

G. Gonzalez, "New Constraints on Delta-T Prior to the Second Century AD," Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 482 (2019): 1452. link

2017

G. Gonzalez, "Constraining Deta-T from Babylonian Lunar Appulse and Occultation Observations," Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 470 (2017): 1436. link

2016

G. Gonzalez, "A Revised Gyro-age for M67 from Kepler/K2 Campaign-5 Light Curves," Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 463 (2016): 3513. link

2016

G. Gonzalez, "Variability Among Stars in the M67 field from Kepler/K2 Campaign-5 Light Curves," Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 459 (2016): 1060. link

2015

G. Gonzalez, "Parent Stars of Extrasolar Planets -- XV. Host Star Rotation Revisited with Kepler Data," Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 450 (2015): 3227. link

2015

G. Gonzalez, "Parent Stars of Extrasolar Planets -- XIV. Strong Evidence of Li Abundance Deficit," Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 446 (2015): 1020. link

2014

G. Gonzalez, "Solar System Abundances Corrected for Systematics," Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 443 (2014): L99. link

2014

G. Gonzalez, "The Metallicity Dependence of Giant Planet Incidence," Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 443 (2014): 393. link

2014

G. Gonzalez, "Parent Stars of Extrasolar Planets--XIII. Additional Evidence for Li Abundance Anomalies," Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 441 (2014): 1201. link


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