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Detecting Planets in Other Solar Systems… “Direct Imaging”…? (Possible but Very Difficult!)
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Detecting Planets in Other Solar Systems…
“Direct Imaging”…? (Possible but Very Difficult!)
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Q: How to detect dim “Extrasolar Planets” (“Exoplanets”)?
A: Use Newton’s Third Law! (“Action-Reaction”…
i.e., “Force-Counterforce”)
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“Doppler Shifts”…for Sound “Doppler Shifts”…for Sound
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“Doppler Shifts”…for Light
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Other Exoplanet Detection Methods (e.g., the Transit Method)
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The “Habitable Planets Catalog”:
http://phl.upr.edu/projects/habitable-exoplanets-catalog
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Detecting the “Molecules of Life” in Exoplanet Atmospheres…!