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Exoplanet Detection and Characterization

01 Exoplanet Detection and Characterization · 6 edit slice
3
orgs
6
activities
4
strategies
AZ
epicenter
the opening take
This slice touches 3 organizations and 6 activities — THE IRVIN MARVIN WINER MEMORIAL MOBILE, LOWELL OBSERVATORY, Planetary Science Institute and others. Activity concentrates in Arizona (100%). The field's most common shared approach is "Automated Observatory Control", run by 1 orgs.
THE IRVIN MARVIN WINER MEMORIAL MOBILE and LOWELL OBSERVATORY hold roughly a third of all activity — know those first.
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who to look at first

shortlist

Ranked by activity breadth, method diversity, and network reach across the slice. Attach a memo to this report and this list re-ranks around your intent.

where this slice is thin

gap signals

Concrete structural gaps — method mix, geographic concentration, coalition density, funder diversity. Evidence is cited from the slice's own numbers.

where the field lives · works

geography

Orange headquarters dots are sized by how many grantees are based in the state. Green circles mark real locations these orgs say they serve — from city-level populations in this slice's impact_map_populations data. Toggle layers at the bottom right.

regional breakdown · hq density
Arizona 100% · 3 orgs
who's here

organizations in this field · 3

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direct service advocacy research capacity building
where the money comes from

funders already active in this field

Funders named as a funding source on these orgs' own materials. The count is the number of orgs in this slice that cite them — higher means a funder with demonstrable commitment to the field.

NASA 1
Government
National Science Foundation 1
Government
how the field thinks

strategies in this slice

Theories of action extracted from the orgs in this slice. The count is how many orgs cite each one — a strategy run by many orgs in common is a through-line; one cited by a single org is still surfaced so the reader can gauge the full spread.

where strategy meets practice

strategies × activity types

How each shared strategy breaks down across the four activity types the orgs running it actually do.

direct service
advocacy
research
capacity building
Automated Observatory Control
3
Market-Based Pricing
3
Model-Driven Planetary Science
1
Seasonal Equipment Shutdown
3
who works with whom

named partnerships · coalitions · networks

Entities these orgs explicitly call out as partners, coalition members, or networks. Unlike the strategy-sharing graph below (which is inferred from shared approaches), these are relationships the orgs claim on their own sites.

Alcor System Partner
shared by 1 org
American Astronomical Society Partner
shared by 1 org
American Institute for Aeronautics and Astronautics Partner
shared by 1 org
Association of Science and Technology Centers (ASTC) Network
shared by 1 org
Attilla Danko Partner
shared by 1 org
Boston Gear Partner
shared by 1 org
Cerro Tololo Government
shared by 1 org
Data Translation, Inc. Partner
shared by 1 org
Dr. Amanda Bosh Partner
shared by 1 org
Dr. Deidre Hunter Partner
shared by 1 org
Fairborn Observatory Partner
shared by 1 org
Friends of Lowell: Puget Sound Partner
shared by 1 org
Friends of MIRA (Monterey Institute for Research in Astronomy) Partner
shared by 1 org
International Amateur-Professional Photoelectric Photometry Partner
shared by 1 org
International Dark-Sky Association Partner
shared by 1 org
International Dark-sky Association Partner
shared by 1 org
where the field connects

strategy-sharing network

Inferred from shared theories of action: each line connects an org to a strategy it runs. Organizations that share many strategies cluster through the same nodes — funders can spot the field's structural bridges.

funder shortlist · top 5

Orgs that combine the highest activity counts with the broadest strategy reach — the default entry points for a funder diligencing this field.

  1. #01 THE IRVIN MARVIN WINER MEMORIAL MOBILE AZ · 3 · shares w/ 0
  2. #02 LOWELL OBSERVATORY AZ · 2 · shares w/ 0
  3. #03 Planetary Science Institute AZ · 1 · shares w/ 0