Cosmic Queries – Cool Worlds with David Kipping
StarTalk Radio
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The Benefits of Eclipses for Exoplanets
Eclipses also enable you to see light from the star move through the atmosphere and then do spectroscopic studies. You can actually figure out a lot about an exoplanet. All from eclipses. Henry North Russell was at one point the chair of the Department of Astrophysics at Princeton University. We actually understand stars far better than we understand plants.
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