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Extra solar planets |
A planet orbiting a star other than our sun |
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Hot jupiter |
A class of planet what is Jupiter like in size but orbits very close to its star causing it to have very high surface temperature |
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Transit |
An event in which a planet passes in front of the store or the Sun as seen from Earth only Mercury and Venus can be seen in the transit of our sun. The search for Transit of extrasolar planets is an important Planet detection strategy. |
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Eclipse |
An event in which one astronomical object casts a shadow on another one 4 crosses our line of sight to the other object |
