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We can also detect them by a Doppler shift of the star, because the planet (if big enough) will move the star as it orbits. This works when the transit method
by aruss 10y ago
We can also detect them by a Doppler shift of the star, because the planet (if big enough) will move the star as it orbits. This works when the transit method fails, but provides fewer data on the planet itself.
- SAI_Peregrinus 10y agoIt also only works for big enough planets close enough to the star.
- BurningFrog 10y agoDoesn't work when the orbit is perpendicular to our sight line either.
- saiya-jin 10y agothis would not show any planets beyond saturn for solar system, for example