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Exoplanets
NASA Citizen Scientists Find New Eclipsing Binary Stars When two stars orbit one another in such a way that one blocks the other’s light each time it swings around, that’s an eclipsing binary. ...

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Dr. Alexandre Santerne 🌍

Over the next few weeks, I will be tooting A LOT about one very special and fascinating #exoplanet system: #HIP41378.

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The #star hosts 5 (+?) #exoplanets. Those exoplanets are #transiting in front of their host star which allow us to measure their radius. This #system is very special because the planets are orbiting at long orbital period. The 5 planets (called b, c, d, e, and f) have periods of 2 weeks, 1 month, 9 month, 1 yr and 1.5 yr (resp.).

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