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Characterization of transiting exoplanets by way of differential photometry

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article , Preprint , Other literature type 01 May 2014Embargo end date: 01 Jan 2015 Australia Publisher:IOP PublishingJournal:Physics Education, volume 49, pages 293-298 (issn: 0031-9120, eissn: 1361-6552,

Authors: Stephen W. Hughes; Michael J. Cowley; Michael J. Cowley;

doi: 10.1088/0031-9120/49/3/293 , 10.48550/arxiv.1509.01238

arXiv: http://arxiv.org/abs/1509.01238

Characterization of transiting exoplanets by way of differential photometry

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This paper describes a simple activity for plotting and characterizing the light curve from an exoplanet transit event by way of differential photometry analysis. Using free digital imaging software, participants analyse a series of telescope images with the goal of calculating various exoplanet parameters, including its size, orbital radius and habitability. The activity has been designed for a high school or undergraduate university level and introduces fundamental concepts in astrophysics and an understanding of the basis for exoplanetary science, the transit method and digital photometry.

8 pages, 7 figures, published in Phys. Educ

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Australia

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Keywords

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP), education, pedagogy, AstroImageJ, Physics - Physics Education, General Physics and Astronomy, curriculum, FOS: Physical sciences, 520, Education, Exoplanet, Photometry, Physics Education (physics.ed-ph), Differential, 3100 Physics and Astronomy, Transit, science, 3304 Education, Astrophysics - Earth and Planetary Astrophysics

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