The Search for Exoplanets: What Astronomers Know

How to Find an Exoplanet

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S1 • E2    Sep 23, 2015    30m
Given the extreme faintness of a planet relative to the star it orbits, how can astronomers possibly find it? Learn about direct and indirect methods of detection. As an example of the indirect method, discover why a planet causes a star's position to change, providing a strategy for locating exoplanets without seeing them.

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