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evelyn o bentley

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on: Jul 27, 2018
Explain how the Doppler Effect has been used to detect invisible planets orbiting other Sun-like stars.
 
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As a protostar evolves from stage 4 to stage 6, it gets hotter but much less bright.
 
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Reply #1 on: Jul 27, 2018
Answer to Question 1

The Jupiter-like planets are massive enough to pull their star slightly off course as they orbit from one side to the other, producing a cycle of red and blue shifts that allow us to deduce that the planet is present, and how long it takes to orbit its star.

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Reply 2 on: Jul 27, 2018
Excellent

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Great answer, keep it coming :)

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