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Title: Why does the present method of finding extrasolar planets not favor finding sola
Post by: barry on Aug 1, 2013
Why does the present method of finding extrasolar planets not favor finding solar systems like ours?


Title: Re: Why does the present method of finding extrasolar planets not favor finding sola
Post by: savio on Aug 2, 2013
Doppler shifts are greatest for rapidly moving stars, where their planets are moving very close to them and with periods of much less than a year.  Only Jovian planets will have the mass needed to exert detectible pulls such as this also.


Title: Re: Why does the present method of finding extrasolar planets not favor finding sola
Post by: barry on Aug 2, 2013
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