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Title: Exoplanets how do we find them


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Exoplanets how do we find them?
  • Size matters!
  • We rarely see the planet, but we do see its
    effect on the star that it orbits

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Changes in radial velocity spectral shifts
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Gravitational lensing
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Transits
http//media4.obspm.fr/exoplanetes/base/simulateur
.php
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Transits
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Astrometry
  • Ex Suns path influenced mostly by Jupiter and
    Saturn
  • Being studied

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Rare cases Direct imagery
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