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rosent76

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Why do the present methods of finding extrasolar planets (Doppler measurement and planetary transits) not favor finding solar systems like ours?
 
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A stage 4 protostar may temporarily be thousands of times more luminous than the Sun.
 
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Reply #1 on: Jul 27, 2018
Answer to Question 1

Doppler shifts are greatest for rapidly moving stars, where their planets are moving very close to them and with periods of much less than a year. Only Jovian planets will have the mass needed to exert detectible pulls such as this also.

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Reply 2 on: Jul 27, 2018
Great answer, keep it coming :)

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