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Institute of Astronomy

 

Richard Anslow

Research

Planetary system dynamics, planetary habitability, and the role of impacts in prebiotic chemistry and the origins of life.

Qualifications

PhD: Astronomy, University of Cambridge (2022-present)

MPhys: Physics, St Edmund Hall, University of Oxford (2017-2021)

Awards and Prizes

Top 10 most popular papers of 2023 (link), The Royal Society

2020 Karastergiou General Relativity Prize, performance in Part B General Relativity (University of Oxford)

2019-2021 Open Scholarship, academic performance (St Edmund Hall, University of Oxford)

Publications

Key publications: 

The atmospheric entry of cometary impactors Anslow R.J., Bonsor A., Todd Z.R., Wordsworth R., Rae A.S.P., McDonald C.H., Rimmer P.B. ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2025MNRAS.539..376A/abstract

The plausibility of origins scenarios requiring two impactors Anslow R.J., Bonsor A., Rimmer P.B., Rae A.S.P., McDonald C.H., Walton C.R.  ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2025RSPSA.48140327A/abstract

Can comets deliver prebiotic molecules to rocky exoplanets? Anslow R.J., Bonsor A., Rimmer P.B. ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2023RSPSA.47930434A/abstract

Other publications: 

Constraining the survival of HCN during cometary impacts McDonald C.H., Bonsor A., Rae A.S.P., Rimmer P.B., Anslow R.J., Todd Z.R.  doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2025.116704

WD 0141-675: a case study on how to follow-up astrometric planet candidates around white dwarfs Rogers L.K., Debes J., Anslow R.J., et al. ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2024MNRAS.527..977R/abstract

Affiliations

Classifications: 
Postgraduate Students
Specialities: 
Exoplanets
Planet Formation
Colleges: 
Wolfson College

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