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Cosmic Queries – Discovering Exoplanets with Gáspár Bakos
StarTalk Radio
The Geometric Parameters of the Transit of a Star
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If it's a grazing transit the planet just barely goes in front of the limb of the star you would see this very shallow very gradually fainting barely fainting star. If it goes close to the equator of the star you would see a sharp decrease in the brightness of the star. The rate at which that light dims tells you whether it crosses the middle orYeah yeah the equator interestingyeah i mean naively if it's a grazing transit the planetjust barely goes inFront of the limb and then comes back out again so it's amazing what you can deduce from the just the shape of that that's fascinating.
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