tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5870357295177628145.post3844790964816251633..comments2023-08-19T04:46:57.560-07:00Comments on Twinkle Twinkle Little Star: Finding ExoplanetsIrynahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05465522029045611540noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5870357295177628145.post-79169989743599296712011-12-06T13:21:54.703-08:002011-12-06T13:21:54.703-08:00Hahaha I love looking at pictures of stars!
I'...Hahaha I love looking at pictures of stars!<br /><br />I'm not a planets person, but to me the parameters for your planets don't sound that unrealistic. Planets that are close to the stars are generally easiest to detect. Let's do a little calculating to check if this is reasonable:<br /><br />Your planets are roughly a Jupiter mass, so they have roughly the same radius as Jupiter, or a tenth of the radius of the Sun. So they should block roughly 1% (=0.1^2) of the Sun's light. This agrees with your measurements to order of magnitude.<br /><br />What other reasoning can you use to check if your results are reasonable?Jackiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18055164295753326532noreply@blogger.com