Greg Laughlin 	 UCSC 

Major Updates to the Galactic Planetary Census

Abstract: The past year has seen enormous advances in our
understanding of extrasolar planets. In this talk, I'll focus on some
of the most exciting recent highlights. These include (i) the
discovery and characterization of remarkable new transiting planets,
(ii) a complete upending of the conventional wisdom regarding the
statistics of the galactic planetary census, and (iii) a new method
for actually looking inside certain transiting planets.