The Evidence for Modern Physics: How We Know What We Know. Episode 14, Finding Planets around Distant Stars
(2022, original release: 2021)
Nonfiction
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PUBLISHED
The Great Courses, 2021
[San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2022
[San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2022
DESCRIPTION
1 online resource (streaming video file) (28 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
ISBN/ISSN
13178315
LANGUAGE
English
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Title from title frames
Planets beyond our solar system weren't discovered until the 1990s. Since then, thousands have been confirmed around nearby stars, and billions likely populate the Milky Way Galaxy. Planets are so dim compared to the stars they orbit that observers had to come up with clever techniques to infer their presence. Focus on the "wobble" and "shadow" methods, which have been remarkably productive
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Don Lincoln
Originally produced by The Great Courses in 2021
Mode of access: World Wide Web
In English