Detecting Exoplanets: The Transit Method | ExoExplorations
Channel: Friends of the DAO
Date: 2021-12-22

Exoplanets are often too far away to see directly; they appear mcuh smaller than the pixel on a camera! Learn how to detect these planets as they block the light from the star that they orbit when they transit across it.

Based on Unit 9 of ExoExplorations
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