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To: Red Badger

How they “find” and estimate the size of these planets is underwhelming.

Find a star.

Observe light flickers that indirectly indicate something passing between the star and the observer.

Quantify the reduction in light, and translate that to the size of the object.

I know you have to start somewhere, but this isn’t exactly exciting.


18 posted on 06/08/2018 10:40:01 AM PDT by brownsfan (Behold, the power of government cheese.)
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To: brownsfan

Well, it sure beats the old method....................


19 posted on 06/08/2018 10:41:43 AM PDT by Red Badger (When Obama and VJ go to prison for treason, will Roseanne get her show back?...)
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