Method category

Exoplanet Detection

The techniques that find and weigh planets around other stars — from the tiny dimming of a transit to the wobble of radial velocity — most of them modelled already in the exoplanet encyclopedia.

In brief

How planets around other stars are found.

Techniques in this category

Also in the knowledge graph:

Transit Method
Radial Velocity Method
Direct Imaging
Microlensing
Transit Timing Variations
Eclipse Timing Variations
Pulsar Timing

Knowledge connections

Group includesTransit Method
Group includesRadial Velocity Method
Group includesDirect Imaging
Group includesMicrolensing
Group includesTransit Timing Variations
Group includesEclipse Timing Variations
Group includesPulsar Timing

Sources

The primary and reference sources this topic draws on.

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