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581-Planet Hunting

581-Planet Hunting

FromTravelers In The Night


581-Planet Hunting

FromTravelers In The Night

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Length:
2 minutes
Released:
Mar 27, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

The hunt is on for Earth like planets which are close enough for us to study in detail. The NASA Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, or TESS for short, is observing nearby stars looking for planet revealing dips in brightness, which occurs when a planet passes between its star and our line of sight. Recently TESS discovered a planet, now named TOI 700 d , orbiting a red dwarf star in the constellation of Dorado about 100 light years away. What is it like?
Released:
Mar 27, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

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