Yuki Okoda

Yuki Okoda is a Japanese astronomer. She made headlines while she was a physics graduate student in her 2nd year of Masters at the University of Tokyo's School of Science. Okoda found a dense disk of material around a young star, which may be a precursor of a planetary system.[1][2] The star in question is known by its catalogue number IRAS 15398-3359.

Okoda and her colleagues are researching the formation of planetary systems through radio-wave observation using the Atacama Large Millimeter Array (ALMA) in Chile.[3] In 2018 Okoda was named one of the 100 influential women in the world by the BBC.[4][3]

Publications
  • Yuki Okoda, Yoko Oya, Nami Sakai, Yoshimasa Watanabe, Jes K. Jørgensen, Ewine F. Van Dishoeck, and Satoshi Yamamoto. The Co-evolution of Disks and Stars in Embedded Stages: The Case of the Very-low-mass Protostar IRAS 15398-3359 - Astrophysical Journal Letters

References
  1. "Little star sheds light on young planets". UTokyo Focus. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
  2. Griffin (4 September 2018). "Astronomer sees tiny star that could explain why we are on Earth". The Independent. Archived from the original on 7 May 2022. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
  3. "Yuki Okoda, Graduate Department of Physics, selected as one of BBC's 100 Women - School of Science, the University of Tokyo". www.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
  4. "Yuki Okoda". The Japan Times. Retrieved 18 December 2018.


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