Finding Planets with Gravitational Lensing
Streaming video - 2015
Get a lesson in Einstein’s general theory of relativity to understand an effect called gravitational microlensing, which allows astronomers to deduce a planet’s existence without recording any light from the planet or its host star. This technique reveals exoplanets that would otherwise go undetected..
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[San Francisco, California, USA] :
The Great Courses
2015.
2016. - Language
- English
- Online Access
- A Kanopy streaming video
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Film - Physical Description
- 1 online resource (streaming video file) (31 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
- Playing Time
- 00:30:41
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- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
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- AVAILABLE FOR USE ONLY BY IOWA CITY AND RESIDENTS OF THE CONTRACTING GOVERNMENTS OF JOHNSON COUNTY, UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS, HILLS, AND LONE TREE (IA).