Presentation “Is our Solar System Unique? A Holistic View of Exoplanet Demographics” by Dr. BJ Fulton Summary NASA’s Kepler and K2 missions discovered thousands of planets by watching for tiny dips in starlight when planets crossed in front of their stars. These discoveries let us study how planet sizes are distributed across the galaxy. Using precise measurements of the host stars we found a surprising gap between planets about 1.5 and 2 times the size of Earth. This “radius gap” suggests that small, close-in planets are rocky worlds with thin envelopes of gas that determine their overall size. Dr. Fulton…
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Titan transit by Tim Brown
