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I'm not an astronomer, so could someone explain why everyone's assuming this is an 'alien megastructure', rather than, say, a regular planet?
by briga 9y ago
I'm not an astronomer, so could someone explain why everyone's assuming this is an 'alien megastructure', rather than, say, a regular planet?
- valuearb 9y agoBecause of the irregularity of the dimming. A normal planet should dim the star in a consistent predictable pattern, such as once an orbit and the orbit should take the same time each time. Something like _ _ A _ _ A _ _ A _ _ A Multiple planets should do the same, the nearer planets dim it more often, the farther less often, but the same time between the same planet's occultation and a predictable pattern. Something like _A _ _ B A _ _ _ A _ _ B A _ _ _ A _ _ B A