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To: bk1000

Of the thousands of exoplanets discovered so far, less than a dozen have been found using telescopes. The rest have relied upon other more indirect methods, and are typically hundreds or thousands of light years away, not millions.


9 posted on 07/08/2022 7:31:32 AM PDT by Telepathic Intruder
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To: Telepathic Intruder

Mostly planets transiting their stars are deduced through periodic slight dimming or the wobble of the star that is deduced as a planet’s gravitational pull in orbit.

I think the resolution from something 100K miles away and 100 light years would differ.


22 posted on 07/08/2022 10:09:38 AM PDT by Alas Babylon! (Rush, we're missing your take on all of this!)
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