Observing a Transiting Planet in Introductory Astronomy Labs at Arizona State University

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May 2004

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2004aas...204.1203w&link_type=abstract

American Astronomical Society Meeting 204, #12.03; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 36, p.676

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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At Arizona State University, introductory astronomy lab students made photometric observations of HD 209458. This lab involved remote observing with ASU's Braeside Observatory, located in Flagstaff, AZ. Using their data combined with previous photometric observations of the star and publicly available Doppler data, the students obtained values for the radius, mass, average density, orbital period, and semi-major axis of the transiting planet around HD 209458. The students then compared these values to properties of planets in our solar system to determine whether this new solar system resembles our own. This poster will outline the laboratory exercise and student responses to this new addition to our astronomy lab curriculum.

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