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Does this technique only work with systems that are edge-on so that the star light passes through the exoplanet atmosphere? Or can this work with reflected star
by seventytwo 3y ago
Does this technique only work with systems that are edge-on so that the star light passes through the exoplanet atmosphere? Or can this work with reflected star light for systems that have orbits that face us?
- sbierwagen 3y agoEdge only. Fortunately, most of the exoplanets we know of were discovered by that exact method (by space telescopes that stared at a patch of stars for months at a time https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kepler_space_telescope https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kepler_space_telescope ) so it's just a matter of working down that list.