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Overview

Gregory W. Henry is a researcher affiliated with Tennessee State University in the United States, specializing in the field of Physics and Astronomy. Their scholarly work spans several subfields including Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation, Computational Mechanics, Global and Planetary Change, and Atmospheric Science.

The scientist's research primarily focuses on Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies, Astro and Planetary Science, Astronomy and Astrophysical Research, Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies, Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae, Astronomical Observations and Instrumentation, and Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics.

Gregory W. Henry has published extensively in several academic venues. Frequent publication locations include:

  • The Astronomical Journal
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • The Astrophysical Journal Letters
  • The Astrophysical Journal

Frequent collaborators in their work include David K. Sing, Heather A. Knutson, Mercedes López-Morales, Debra A. Fischer, and T. M. Evans.

Among recent notable papers authored or coauthored by Gregory W. Henry are:

  • A reflective, metal-rich atmosphere for GJ 1214b from its JWST phase curve, 2023, Nature
  • Signatures of strong magnetization and a metal-poor atmosphere for a Neptune-sized exoplanet, 2021, Nature Astronomy
  • The California Legacy Survey III. On The Shoulders of (Some) Giants: The Relationship between Inner Small Planets and Outer Massive Planets, 2021, arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Updated Parameters and a New Transmission Spectrum of HD 97658b, 2020, The Astronomical Journal
  • How much has the Sun influenced Northern Hemisphere temperature trends? An ongoing debate, 2021, Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics

Best Publications

  • A Transiting "51 Peg-like" Planet.

    Gregory W. Henry;Geoffrey W. Marcy;R. Paul Butler;Steven S. Vogt

  • No planet for HD 166435

    D. Queloz;G. W. Henry;J. P. Sivan;S. L. Baliunas

  • No planet for HD 166435

    D. Queloz;G. W. Henry;J. P. Sivan;S. L. Baliunas;S. L. Baliunas

  • A continuum from clear to cloudy hot-Jupiter exoplanets without primordial water depletion

    David K. Sing;Jonathan J. Fortney;Nikolay Nikolov;Hannah R. Wakeford

  • THE STELLAR ACTIVITY-ROTATION RELATIONSHIP AND THE EVOLUTION OF STELLAR DYNAMOS

    Nicholas J. Wright;Jeremy J. Drake;Eric E. Mamajek;Gregory W. Henry

  • A ~7.5 M⊕ Planet Orbiting the Nearby Star, GJ 876*

    Eugenio J. Rivera;Eugenio J. Rivera;Eugenio J. Rivera;Jack J. Lissauer;R. Paul Butler;Geoffrey W. Marcy

  • A Neptune-Mass Planet Orbiting the Nearby M Dwarf GJ 436

    R. Paul Butler;Steven S. Vogt;Geoffrey W. Marcy;Debra A. Fischer;Debra A. Fischer

  • A ∼7.5 Earth-Mass Planet Orbiting the Nearby Star, GJ 876

    E. J. Rivera;J. J. Lissauer;R. P. Butler;G. W. Marcy

  • Hubble Space Telescope Transmission Spectroscopy of the Exoplanet HD 189733b: High-altitude atmospheric haze in the optical and near-UV with STIS

    D. K. Sing;F. Pont;S. Aigrain;D. Charbonneau

  • The N2K Consortium. II. A Transiting Hot Saturn Around HD 149026 With a Large Dense Core

    B. Sato;D. A. Fischer;G. W. Henry;G. Laughlin

  • 3.6 and 4.5 Micron Phase Curves and Evidence for Non-Equilibrium Chemistry in the Atmosphere of Extrasolar Planet HD 189733b

    Heather A. Knutson;Nikole Lewis;Jonathan J. Fortney;Adam Burrows

  • The N2K Consortium. II. A Transiting Hot Saturn around HD 149026 with a Large Dense Core

    Bun'ei Sato;Bun'ei Sato;Debra A. Fischer;Gregory W. Henry;Gregory W. Henry;Gregory Laughlin

  • Hubble Space Telescope transmission spectroscopy of the exoplanet HD 189733b: high‐altitude atmospheric haze in the optical and near‐ultraviolet with STIS

    David K. Sing;F. Pont;Suzanne Aigrain;D. Charbonneau

  • A PRECISE WATER ABUNDANCE MEASUREMENT FOR THE HOT JUPITER WASP-43b

    Laura Kreidberg;Jacob L. Bean;Jean Michel Désert;Michael R. Line

  • The prevalence of dust on the exoplanet HD 189733b from Hubble and Spitzer observations

    F. Pont;D. K. Sing;N. P. Gibson;N. P. Gibson;S. Aigrain

  • Asteroseismology of the DOV star PG 1159 - 035 with the Whole Earth Telescope

    Donald E Winget;Donald E Winget;R. E. Nather;J. C. Clemens;J. Provencal

  • 3.6 and 4.5 μm Phase Curves and Evidence for Non-equilibrium Chemistry in the Atmosphere of Extrasolar Planet HD 189733b

    Heather A. Knutson;Nikole Lewis;Jonathan J. Fortney;Adam S. Burrows

  • Multi-Wavelength Constraints on the Day-Night Circulation Patterns of HD 189733b

    Heather A. Knutson;David Charbonneau;Nicolas B. Cowan;Jonathan J. Fortney

  • Techniques for Automated High-Precision Photometry of Sun-like Stars

    Gregory W. Henry

  • Thermal structure of an exoplanet atmosphere from phase-resolved emission spectroscopy

    Kevin B. Stevenson;Jean Michel Désert;Michael R. Line;Jacob L. Bean

Frequent Co-Authors

Debra A. Fischer
Debra A. Fischer Yale University
Geoffrey W. Marcy
Geoffrey W. Marcy University of California, Berkeley
Jason T. Wright
Jason T. Wright Pennsylvania State University
David K. Sing
David K. Sing Johns Hopkins University
Andrew W. Howard
Andrew W. Howard California Institute of Technology
R. Paul Butler
R. Paul Butler Carnegie Institution for Science
Howard Isaacson
Howard Isaacson University of California, Berkeley
Stephen R. Kane
Stephen R. Kane University of California, Riverside
Gilda E. Ballester
Gilda E. Ballester University of Arizona
Adam P. Showman
Adam P. Showman University of Arizona

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