Exoplanets and Detection Methods
Physics ⇒ Earth and Space Physics
Exoplanets and Detection Methods starts at 9 and continues till grade 12.
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A star’s light dims by 1% every 10 days. What does this suggest about a possible exoplanet?
Describe how the mass of an exoplanet can be estimated using the radial velocity method.
Describe how the presence of an exoplanet can cause a star to 'wobble'.
Describe one challenge of using the transit method to detect exoplanets.
Explain the radial velocity method for detecting exoplanets.
Explain why exoplanets are difficult to detect directly.
Explain why gravitational microlensing can detect exoplanets that are far from their stars.
Explain why larger exoplanets are easier to detect using the transit method.
Explain why the discovery of exoplanets is important for understanding the universe.
What information about an exoplanet can be determined from the depth of a transit light curve?
What is an exoplanet?
What is the main advantage of the transit method over the radial velocity method?
What is the main difference between the transit and radial velocity methods?
What is the main purpose of using space telescopes like Kepler and TESS in exoplanet research?
What is the main reason astronomers search for exoplanets in the habitable zone?
