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How to find exoplanets?

Fran Bartolić
December 01, 2018

How to find exoplanets?

Public talk at 2018 St Andrews Observatory Open Night.

Fran Bartolić

December 01, 2018
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  1. How to find exoplanets?
    St Andrews Observatory Open Night
    Fran Bartolić
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    © NASA
    Reminder: we are here

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  3. The Solar System
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    © earthhow.com

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  4. What are exoplanets?
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  5. History of exoplanet discoveries
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  6. History of exoplanet discoveries
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    © Hugh Osborn



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  7. Diversity of exoplanets
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    © NASA

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  8. On average, there’s 1 planet for every star in the Milky Way.
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  9. How does an exoplanet look like?
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  10. This is not an exoplanet
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    © ESO

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  11. This is an exoplanet
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  12. This is an exoplanet
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  13. How can we detect exoplanets?
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    © NASA
    NASA Kepler mission

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    © Pearson et. al. 2017
    Needle in a haystack

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    What’s coming up next in exoplanet science?



    Exomoon?

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  17. Take home messages
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  18. Take home messages
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