Publication: A demonstration setup to simulate detection of planets outside the solar system
Issued Date
2011
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eng
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0031-9120
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Mahidol University
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IOP Publishing Ltd
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Physics Education. Vol.46, No.5 (2011), 554-558
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W. Choopan, Watcharee Ketpichainarong, วัชรี เกษพิชัยณรงค์, Parames Laosinchai, ปรเมศวร์ เหล่าสินชัย, Bhinyo Panijpan A demonstration setup to simulate detection of planets outside the solar system. Physics Education. Vol.46, No.5 (2011), 554-558. doi:10.1088/0031-9120/46/5/007 Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/8711
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A demonstration setup to simulate detection of planets outside the solar system
Abstract
We constructed a simple demonstration setup to simulate an extrasolar planet
and its star revolving around the system’s centre of mass. Periodic dimming
of light from the star by the transiting planet and the star’s orbital revolution
simulate the two major ways of deducing the presence of an exoplanet near a
distant star. Apart from being a visual aid for those needing help, the setup
also elicited unexpected questions and suggestions from students, who
achieved a fairly good level of understanding of the basis for the transit and
radial velocity methods.