How are Exoplanets Discovered
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How are Exoplanets Discovered? • Planets are extremely faint compared to their parent stars. Since most stars look like tiny points through even the most powerful telescopes, how is it possible to discover exoplanets? • The Common Methods: • 1-Radial Velocity (A.K.A. Doppler Method) • 2-Transit Photometry Method • 3-Direct Imaging • 4-Gravitational Microlensing • 5-Astrometry • Images, animations and videos credits: • Pixabay • Wikipedia • -NASA • Music: I Am a Man Who Will Fight for Your Honor by Chris Zabriskie is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... • Source: http://chriszabriskie.com/honor/ • Artist: http://chriszabriskie.com/ • Our FB Page: • / scienceworld-106933907791981 • #exoplanet #discovery #methods
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