12.425 | Fall 2007 | Undergraduate

Extrasolar Planets: Physics and Detection Techniques

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Problem set on the time taken by a spacecraft to get to the nearest exoplanet, properties of exoplanets, exoplanet transit light curves for non-central transits, planet radius, star radius and mass, semi-major axis, and orbital inclination for HD 209458, and planet radius, star radius and mass, semi-major axis, and orbital inclination for GJ 436.

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