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Correction, rogue planets are detected when their gravity causes micolensing of distant objects (stars), not the other way around. https://en.wikipedia.org/wik
by versteegen 11y ago
Correction, rogue planets are detected when their gravity causes micolensing of distant objects (stars), not the other way around.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rogue_planet#Observation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rogue_planet#Observation
Not an astronomer, but my impression is that microlensing couldn't be used to detect objects in our own solar system, but I don't see any reason why eclipsing of distant stars couldn't be used... it would be far too rare to be practical to find a planet, though.
- xenophonf 11y agoThanks for the correction!