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To: NicknamedBob

Reflection?


6 posted on 02/23/2007 10:52:07 PM PST by SunkenCiv (I last updated my profile on Thursday, February 19, 2007. https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: SunkenCiv
"Reflection?"

I have no personal interest in a planet that glows with its own light. Planet Las Vegas not necessarily withstanding.

I was speaking of the light the hypothetical planet reflects from its parent star. The refracted and reflected starlight should have a very small but perhaps measurable Doppler shift as it revolves around in its orbit.

If we were looking specifically for those time-shifted frequencies, rather than light in general, it might be possible to resolve a distant earthlike planet.

7 posted on 02/24/2007 9:15:37 AM PST by NicknamedBob (You may not grok eating the sandwich, but the sandwich groks being eaten.)
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