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Not to be that guy, but the fact that it plots 2013 and 2014 really messes up the impact of this chart. When I first saw it, I was thinking "whoa, we must have
by arscan 13y ago
Not to be that guy, but the fact that it plots 2013 and 2014 really messes up the impact of this chart. When I first saw it, I was thinking "whoa, we must have severely cut funding for such a huge dropoff!"
- cryptoz 13y agoIt just takes an extra bit of thought, that's all; look at the 2013 value and then remember it's only April. Then think about what 2014 might look like. Edit: Here's the graph just up to 2012: http://exoplanet.eu/diagrams/?t=h&f=&x=discovered&xmin=1985&xmax=2012&y=raw&ymin=&ymax= http://exoplanet.eu/diagrams/?t=h&f=&x=discovered...
- Wintamute 13y ago2012 shows a drop down to about 150 from 200 in 2011. So there is a drop off. I think? Or perhaps the graph is just horrible, it's very hard to tell.