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- Fri Oct 13, 2006 8:28 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: Hubble SWEEPS field (APOD 13 Oct 2006)
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Hubble SWEEPS field (APOD 13 Oct 2006)
Okay, so extra-solar planets can be detected by this method when they pass in front of their parent stars, this only works though when we are side-on to the orbits of the planet though (ie when they pass between their stars and ourselves as we observe) how many degrees does that allow the orbital pl...