Part Ii Evaluating Extrasolar Planet Systems The Amount That The Light From A Star In An Extrasolar Planet System Will 1 (37.97 KiB) Viewed 81 times
Part Ii Evaluating Extrasolar Planet Systems The Amount That The Light From A Star In An Extrasolar Planet System Will 2 (39.71 KiB) Viewed 81 times
Part II: Evaluating Extrasolar Planet Systems The amount that the light from a star in an extrasolar planet system will be Doppler shifted depends on the mass of the star M the mass of the planet man and the distance d between the star and the planet. This relationship can be written as: Amount of Doppler shift in stars's light o Figure 3 below shows four different extrasolar planet systems (A-D). Use this figure to answer Questions 11-16. Implanet Earth 2m planes 2d 1Ma Impl M JMd 20 B 1M
Motion of Extrasolar Planets 11) Which extrasolar planet system(s) (A-D) has the lowest mass star? 12) Which extrasolar planet system(s) (A-D) has the highest mass planet? 13) In which extrasolar planet system(s) (A-D) is the planet closest to the star? 129 14) In which extrasolar planet system(s) (A-D) would we receive light from the star with the largest Doppler shift? Explain your reasoning. 15) Which system (A-D) has the extrasolar planet that is easiest to detect from Earth? Explain your reasoning.
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