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 might this suggest about the star?
Describe one challenge of using direct imaging to find exoplanets.
Describe one way scientists can learn about the composition of an exoplanet’s atmosphere.
Describe the main steps involved in the transit method of exoplanet detection.
Describe what is meant by the 'habitable zone' around a star.
Explain why exoplanets are important to study in the search for extraterrestrial life.
Explain why it is difficult to directly image exoplanets.
Explain why larger exoplanets are easier to detect than smaller ones.
Explain why the discovery of Earth-like exoplanets is significant.
Explain why the discovery of exoplanets has changed our understanding of the universe.
What is an exoplanet?
What is the main advantage of the transit method over the radial velocity method?
What is the main limitation of the radial velocity method?
