The Search for Exoplanets: What Astronomers Know Season 1 Episode 3
The Search for Exoplanets: What Astronomers Know
Season 1

Ep 3. Doppler and Transit Planet-Finding Methods

  • TV-PG
  • September 25, 2015
  • 32 min

Explore two other indirect approaches for finding exoplanets: first, by measuring the Doppler shift in the color of a star due to the pull of an unseen orbiting planet; and second, by measuring the tiny drop in the brightness of a star as a planet transits in front of it.

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  • First Aired
    September 25, 2015
  • Content Rating
    TV-PG
  • Runtime
    32 min
  • Language
    English
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