Jupiter Hansen (Cheng)
@jupforjupiter.bsky.social
Structural Planetary Geologist | From Mercury to Pluto 🪐 | Asteroid 32027 | Playing too much video 🎮 | She/her/Dr. | 🇭🇰 | 🐈⬛🐈
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Charlotte and Tuna keep looking under the door. I hope they get along 🤨
February 4, 2026 at 6:43 PM
Charlotte and Tuna keep looking under the door. I hope they get along 🤨
We also accidentally got this little guy in the process. We released her back to the lake shortly afterwards. 🐢
February 3, 2026 at 11:12 PM
We also accidentally got this little guy in the process. We released her back to the lake shortly afterwards. 🐢
We also accidentally got this little guy in the process. We released her back to the lake shortly afterwards. 🐢
February 3, 2026 at 11:08 PM
We also accidentally got this little guy in the process. We released her back to the lake shortly afterwards. 🐢
Reposted by Jupiter Hansen (Cheng)
He also works on valid dwarf planets with @jupforjupiter.bsky.social, e.g., this paper by Cheng, Klimczak, and Matsuyama (open access).
www.science.org/doi/full/10....
www.science.org/doi/full/10....
Reorientation and despinning of 4 Vesta formed the Divalia
Fossae
The Divalia Fossae are formed by tectonic stresses from reorientation and despinning of Vesta caused by large impacts.
www.science.org
February 3, 2026 at 9:02 PM
He also works on valid dwarf planets with @jupforjupiter.bsky.social, e.g., this paper by Cheng, Klimczak, and Matsuyama (open access).
www.science.org/doi/full/10....
www.science.org/doi/full/10....
Doesn't want to go back in the carrier at the end, but much calmer than our cats!
January 31, 2026 at 11:34 PM
Doesn't want to go back in the carrier at the end, but much calmer than our cats!
Just some roadside geology...
January 28, 2026 at 12:10 AM
Just some roadside geology...
Conglomerate and sandstone
January 28, 2026 at 12:07 AM
Conglomerate and sandstone
Cross-bedding
January 28, 2026 at 12:07 AM
Cross-bedding
Some fossils
January 28, 2026 at 12:07 AM
Some fossils
Coal layer
January 28, 2026 at 12:07 AM
Coal layer