An introductory physics exercise using real extrasolar planet data

Details An introductory physics exercise using real extrasolar planet data An introductory physics exercise using real extrasolar planet data

Jan 2005

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Physics Education, Volume 40, Issue 1, pp. 46-50 (2005).

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This paper describes an exercise that makes use of actual data available on the internet that were used in the discovery of extrasolar planets. The exercise involves deriving equations that are used to determine the planets' orbital radii and masses and to write equations that when plotted will match the waveforms of the fits to the actual data. The process necessitates learning about the methods of detection, the physics used in the calculations of the planets' properties and superposition of waves. The exercise is at the level of introductory physics and can be used as an independent or directed study.

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