How to Find an Exoplanet

Streaming video - 2015

Given the extreme faintness of a planet relative to the star it orbits, how can astronomers possibly find it? Learn about direct and indirect methods of detection. As an example of the indirect method, discover why a planet causes a star’s position to change, providing a strategy for locating exoplanets without seeing them..

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Educational films
Published
[San Francisco, California, USA] : The Great Courses 2015.
2016.
Language
English
Online Access
A Kanopy streaming video
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Film
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1 online resource (streaming video file) (31 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Playing Time
00:30:21
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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).