A Search

For New Planets Matthew Livas mlivasterpmailumdedu Science Discovery and the Universe Computer Science Introduction My capstone was to observe exoplanet transits A transit is when a planet orbiting another star passes in front of its star from our view on Earth blocking a small portion of the stars light This change in the target stars brightness is detected by measuring the brightness of the star over time and subsequently graphing it to obtain a light curve

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