Daniel A. Yahalomi

Daniel A. Yahalomi

Torres Postdoctoral Fellow at MIT

Publications

An up-to-date list of refereed publications can be found on NASA/ADS.

First Author Publications

(11) Yahalomi, D. A. et al. “Preparing for the Gaia DR4 Epochalypse: Simulated Epoch Astrometry for Substellar Companion Orbit-Modeling Benchmarks.” Submitted (2026).

(10) Yahalomi, D. A. et al. “Singles in Disguise: Kepler’s Low-SNR Single-Transiting Systems as Incompletely Detected Multis.” Submitted, arXiv link (2026).

(9) Yahalomi, D. A. et al. “Micrometeoroid Impact Rate Analysis for an Artemis-Era Lunar Base.” In preparation, arXiv link (2026).

(8) Yahalomi, D. A. et al. “The Astrometric Resoeccentric Degeneracy: Eccentric Single Planets Mimic 2:1 Resonant Planet Pairs in Astrometry.” The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 999, L9, arXiv link (2026).

(7) Yahalomi, D. A. et al. “The democratic detrender: Ensemble-Based Removal of the Nuisance Signal in Stellar Time-Series Photometry.” The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, 283, 2, arXiv link (2026).

(6) Yahalomi, D. A. and Kipping, D. “Mapping the Orbital Landscape for Perturbing Planet Solutions for Single-Planet Systems with TTVs.” The Astrophysical Journal, 998, 136 (2026).

(5) Yahalomi, D. A. et al. “The Exoplanet Edge: Planets Do Not Induce Observable Transit Timing Variations with a Dominant Transit Timing Variation Period Faster than Half Their Orbital Period.” The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 984, L67 (2025).

(4) Yahalomi, D. A. et al. “Not So Fast Kepler-1513: A Perturbing Planetary Interloper in the Exomoon Corridor.” Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 527, 1, 620-639 (2024).

(3) Yahalomi, D. A. et al. “Detecting Solar System Analogs through Joint Radial Velocity/Astrometric Surveys.” The Astronomical Journal, 166, 6, id.258 (2023).

(2) Yahalomi, D. A. et al. “The Mass of the White Dwarf Companion in the Self-Lensing Binary KOI-3278: Einstein vs. Newton.” The Astrophysical Journal, 880, 33 (2019).

(1) Yahalomi, D. A., Schechter, P. L., and Wambsganss, J. “A Quadruply Lensed SN Ia: Gaining a Time-Delay…Losing a Standard Candle.” MIT Journal of Undergraduate Research, Fall 2017 – arXiv:1711.07919.

Second & Third Author Publications

(8) Nesvorný, D., Yahalomi, D. A. (2nd author), et al. “ExoMOD II. A Statistical Model of Transit Timing Variations in Kepler Multi-Planet Systems.” The Astrophysical Journal, 1009, 205 (2026).

(7) Nesvorný, D., Yahalomi, D. A. (2nd author), et al. “ExoMOD I. A Forward Model for the Orbital Architecture of Kepler Multi-Planet Systems.” The Astrophysical Journal, 1008, 203 (2026).

(6) Yang, E. et al. including Yahalomi, D. A. (3rd author) “A Massive Hot-Jupiter Companion that Disfavors Giant Planet Formation Beyond the Water-Ice Line.” The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 1004, L29 (2026).

(5) Cassese, B. et al. including Yahalomi, D. A. (3rd author) “Quantifying the Contamination of TESS Ecliptic-Plane Light Curves by Minor Planets.” The Astronomical Journal, 171, 3, arXiv link (2026).

(4) Kipping, D. et al. including Yahalomi, D. A. (3rd author) “Near-circular orbits for planets with Earth-like sizes and instellations around M and K dwarf stars.” Nature Astronomy, 9, 1007-1021 (2025).

(3) Kipping, D. et al. including Yahalomi, D. A. (3rd author) “Concerning the possible exomoons around Kepler-1625 b and Kepler-1708 b.” Nature Astronomy, 9, 795-798 (2025).

(2) Kipping, D. and Yahalomi, D. A. (2nd author) “A search for transit timing variations within the exomoon corridor using Kepler data.” Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 518, 3 (2023).

(1) Palatnick, S., Kipping, D., and Yahalomi, D. A. (3rd author) “Validation of HD 183579b Using Archival Radial Velocities: A Warm Neptune Orbiting a Bright Solar Analog.” The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 909, 1 (2021).

Independent Significant Contribution

I contributed ideas, wrote code, ran code, analyzed results, and/or wrote part of the manuscript.

(5) Larsen, S. S. et al. including Yahalomi, D. A. (8th author) “TESS Photometry and Radial-velocity Analysis of the Sub-Neptune Exoplanet π Mensae c and the Wider π Mensae Planetary System.” The Astronomical Journal, 172, 3 (2026).

(4) Kipping, D. et al. including Yahalomi, D. A. (4th author) “A JWST Transit of a Jupiter Analog: II. A Search for Exomoons.” The Astronomical Journal, 172, 2, arXiv link (2026).

(3) Cassese, B. et al. including Yahalomi, D. A. (4th author) “A JWST Transit of a Jupiter Analog I: Constraints on the Oblateness of Kepler-167e.” The Astronomical Journal, 171, 3, arXiv link (2026).

(2) Grunblatt, S. et al. including Yahalomi, D. A. (6th author) “Roman CCS White Paper: Adding Fields Hosting Globular Clusters To The Galactic Bulge Time Domain Survey.” White Paper, arXiv:2306.10647 (2023).

(1) Christian, S. et al. including Yahalomi, D. A. (4th author) “A Possible Alignment Between the Orbits of Planetary Systems and their Visual Binary Companions.” The Astronomical Journal, 163, 5 (2022).

TESS Collaboration Papers

I am a co-author on 18 TESS collaboration papers. My authorship on these papers results from my contributions to mission planning, ground-based observing, and/or internal data analysis in the TESS collaboration. In all such instances, I provided substantive feedback on the manuscript. For a full list of these articles see my full refereed publication list on NASA/ADS or my CV.