Instead of just measuring the dip of light from a star by a planet passing between us and it, measure the time of this dip occurs and look for changes around the orbital period resulting from the gravitation tug of a different planet in this system. It is called "Transit Timing Variation," and you can read more about it here.
Monday, August 23, 2010
Yet another way of finding planets around other stars
Posted by You'd Prefer an Astronaut at 9:00 AM
Labels: extrasolar planets
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