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DateSunday, July 24, 2011 at 05:47AM

Brains Matter Episode 141 - Extra Solar Planets Update

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logoIn this episode OG speaks again to Dr Rosemary Mardling from Monash University with an update on extra solar planets

- What kind of planets are being discovered?

- The HARPS spectrograph and its capability

- The radial velocity method

- How many extra solar planets have been discovered to date?

- The transiting method

- How big are the discovered extra solar planets?

- The Kepler satellite

- What kind of orbits are we finding with these discovered extra solar planets?


Listen in and find out more.

Brains Matter is a podcast out of Australia, which features stories on science, curiosities and general knowledge. It also features interviews with various experts in science and other interesting areas.

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