Fill in the Blank:
Transit Method
Radial Velocity Method
Random!
100
An exoplanet is a planet that orbits a star _______ of our solar system.
What is Outside?
100
True or False: the Transit Method relies on the Doppler Effect to determine whether or not an exoplanet exists.
What is False?
100
The Radial Velocity Method measures what for the detection of an Exoplanet?
What is the red-shifting or blue-shifting of the star?
200
Lightcurves are used in the _____ method
What is Transit?
200
The Transit Method measures what over time?
What is Flux/Brightness?
200
The Exoplanet and Host Star revolve around a common point known as the what?
What is Barycenter?
300
Exoplanets help us understand the ____ _____
What is Solar System?
300
Approximately how minute are the changes in brightness for an star being orbited by an exoplanet?
What is 0.5% to 1%?
300
What function can you fit to a Radial Velocity Signal?
What is a Sine/Cosine Wave?
400
Exoplanets that are possibly habitable typically exist in a place known as the _____ _____
What is the Goldilocks Zone?
400
If you have the same-sized exoplanet, will it's transit dip be larger around a really big star or a really small star? Also, describe why for full credit.
What is Small Star? Because it obscures more light from the star.
400
What property can be gleaned from an exoplanet using a Radial Velocity Signal?
What is its Mass?
400
What Constellation is this?
500
In Exoplanetary Science, over ____ exoplanets have been discovered
What is 5,602?
500
Exoplanets typically what kind of shaped dip? For a candy, this is in contrast to eclipsing binaries, which have a what-shaped dip?
What is a U-Shaped dip, in contrast to a V-Shaped dip?
500
What is the RV method good at finding?
Big Planets Near the Star.
500
This is a Transit, how many planets are there?