By Ben Gilliland
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Cygnus is ideal because it contains many stars that are similar to our sun. Search grid Cygnus star field FIND THE PLANET There are two main ways to find a planet. The first, mentioned earlier, is the transit method—where we wait for the planet to cross the star, causing it to dim slightly. The second involves the technique of astrometric detection, which detects radial velocity (the wobbling of the star). Both determine the presence of planets by looking for subtle changes in the appearance of the parent star.
Microlensing involves looking at a distant star and, when an exoplanet is in alignment with it, studying how the exoplanet’s gravity affects the star’s light. Well, well, well A planet (like all massive objects) creates a well in spacetime that we call gravity. Apparent position of distant star 3 1 Light 2 1 Earth Real position of distant star Gravity well Bending light Einstein showed us that light is affected by gravity, just like anything else, and is bent as it passes a massive object. 2 Microlensing to determine a planet’s mass LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION Only exoplanets of the right size that lie within a distance of their parent star that permits the presence of liquid water are considered to be habitable.
HAUMEA 4. MAKEMAKE Discovered: 2003 Diameter: 1,218 miles (1,960 km) at its widest point Discovered: 2005 Diameter: approx. 1,180 miles (1,900 km) This egg-shaped rock is named after a Hawaiian fertility god. The Polynesian god of fertility gives this rock its name. ea o rbi t orbit Kuip er Be lt uto Pl 1. PLUTO um Ha The Kuiper Belt is often called our solar system’s final frontier. 5 billion km) from the sun. Over 1,000 Kuiper Belt objects have been discovered in the belt, almost all of them since 1992.