Scott Tremaine, “Astrophysical Wonders” (Open Agenda, 2021)
New Books in Science, Technology, and Society
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How to Find Exo Planets in the Solar System
If we had a planet like jupiter that was just floating in interstellar space and as bright as j Jupiter, we could easily detect it with modern telescopes. The problem is that the planets are very close to the host star, and the host star is much brighter. So yo can only find them by indirect techniques. By far, the most product ives so far have been two.
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