Use this light curve of a star with a transiting exoplanet to answer the following. If the exoplanet is orbiting a star identical to our own Sun, what is its average orbital distance, in AU? What is the period in years of the transiting exoplanet?

Use this light curve of a star with a transiting exoplanet to answer the following. If the exoplanet is orbiting a star identical to our own Sun, what is its average orbital distance, in AU? What is the period in years of the transiting exoplanet?

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Chapter21: The Birth Of Stars And The Discovery Of Planets Outside The Solar System

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Use this light curve of a star with a transiting exoplanet to answer the following. If the exoplanet is orbiting
a star identical to our own Sun, what is its average orbital distance, in AU? What is the period in years of
the transiting exoplanet?
Use this light curve of a star with a transiting exoplanet to answer the following
questions.
Brightness
0
V V V
B
5
10
15
20
Time (months)
25
30
35

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