Parker Hinton

Parker is a post-doc in the APS department. He is interested in understanding and quantifying the conditions that create planets with habitable atmospheres. Parker has enjoyed taking part in numerous occultation observing campaigns across the world in support of the Lucy and New Horizons spacecrafts. He has worked for Lockheed Martin and also enjoys teaching when scheduling permits. 

Selected publications: 

[1] Hinton, P.C. et al (2025), The Carrying Capacity of the Solar Wind: Applications to Ion Escape, The Astrophysical Journal, 994:68, https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ae0e5d

[2] Hinton, P. C., Bagenal, F., & Bonfond, B. (2019), Alfvén wave propagation in the Io plasma torus. Geophysical Research Letters, 46, 1242– 1249. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018GL081472

[3] Hinton, P.C. et al (2022), Far-ultraviolet Flares on Accreting Protostars: Weak and Classical T Tauri Stellar Pair Analysis, The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 939, https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ac8f26

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