Using the method of Mathematical Insight ’FindingSizes of Extrasolar Planets’, calculate the radius of the transiting planet. The planetary transits block 2.5 percent of thestar’s light. The star TrES-1 has a radius of about 84.5 percentof our Sun’s radius

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