Even more extrasolar planets found

[Darth Wader (Wade)]

Interesting article here http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8314581.stm

[Baddad (Marty)]

Hi Wade,

Thanks for sharing. Interesting how fast the advances are being made.



This hopes to find Earth-size planets by looking for the tiny dip in light coming from a star as an object crosses its face as viewed from Earth.

Star eclipse? Is that what we may call it?

Cheers Marty

[renormalised (Carl)]

Originally Posted by Baddad

Hi Wade,

Thanks for sharing. Interesting how fast the advances are being made.



This hopes to find Earth-size planets by looking for the tiny dip in light coming from a star as an object crosses its face as viewed from Earth.

Star eclipse? Is that what we may call it?

Cheers Marty

It's called a transit, where the planet passes between us and the star.

Same for when Mercury and Venus pass across the face of the Sun.

[Baddad (Marty)]

Hi Renorm,

A transit eclipse?

I was aware of it but the issue bugs me as it is in effect either an eclipse or a transit. Just gonna' be one of those things.

Cheers Marty