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National Science Foundation: Science Behind the News: Extrasolar Planets

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Astronomers are able to map distant extrasolar planets that orbit stars other than the Sun. They mainly use two methods - the Doppler and the Transit methods. [4:35]

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Concepts
exoplanets
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detecting exoplanets, detecting extrasolar planets, doppler method, extrasolar planets, national science foundation & nbc learn, science behind the news: extrasolar planets, science360, transit method
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Classroom Considerations
  • Knovation Readability Score: 4 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
  • The intended use for this resource is Instructional