
5,000 worlds and counting: the success of TESS
Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and Science
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The Most Common Types of False Positives
The number of t o is test objects of interest and the number of confirmed planets, will also see what may look to a lot of people like a big number of false positives. Is that a problem? Or is that just an expected part of the process? It's absolutely expected. As we get more data from tests and we improve our alcoisms to distinguish planets from false positives, i expect that false positive rate will get lower.
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