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@mpsgoettingen@academiccloud.social
2025-06-21 17:53:07

What's this "transit method" that the #ESA #PLATOmission team will be using to detect extrasolar planets? Experience transits firsthand in our pendulum experiment that models how a planet passes in front of its star and changes the brightness that we can observe, as René Hel…

A man in a black shirt standing and explaining an experiment involving a pendulum. The pendulum is visible right in front of the speaker, swinging back and forth. To the right, a monitor with a star whose brightness changes. In the background, a large foyer swarming with people.