Finding exoplanets at the racetrack
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The History of Exoplanets
The first transiting exoplanet was seen in 1999. And it was another hot Jupiter. You might notice this trend that many of the planets we found first were hot Jupiter's because they're the easiest planets to see. The transit photometry method is by far the most successful method for detecting exoplanets. 3,945 of those confirmed planets were discovered using transit photometry.
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