
Episode #101 - The Search for Planets
Math & Physics Podcast
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We Can't Find the Intensity of the Orbit, Right?
We know the inclination of the pole, but we can't find the orbit. How do we tell that there's a planet there? Well, the star has a certain flux. A flux is energy per second per unit length, or unit area um. An energy is in the form of photons, photons coming a, how many photons per second per you know, how big the projection of the star is on the sky?! We're going to get anasatlae. This whole thing will make a lot more sense when we talk about the next thing. So let’s just continue with this. Once you just tranjus kso the planet goes in front of the star
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