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How to find exoplanets? St Andrews Observatory Open Night Fran Bartolić 1

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2 © NASA Reminder: we are here

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The Solar System 3 © earthhow.com

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What are exoplanets? 4 ●

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History of exoplanet discoveries 5 ● ● ●

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History of exoplanet discoveries 6 © Hugh Osborn ● ● ●

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Diversity of exoplanets 7 © NASA

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On average, there’s 1 planet for every star in the Milky Way. 8

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How does an exoplanet look like? 9

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This is not an exoplanet 10 © ESO

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This is an exoplanet 11

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This is an exoplanet 12

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How can we detect exoplanets? 13

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14 © NASA NASA Kepler mission

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15 © Pearson et. al. 2017 Needle in a haystack

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16 What’s coming up next in exoplanet science? ● ● ● Exomoon?

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Take home messages 17 ● ● ●

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Take home messages 18 ● ● ●