AS101 Study Guide - Final Guide: Transit-Timing Variation, Exomoon, Exoplanet
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One of the more important features of our solar system is the existence of moons; after all earth has one, mars has. 2 (although they are small), jupiter has over 60, and so on. None of this is mentioned in your textbook. However, in a somewhat recent issue of sky and. Telescope (july, 2009) there is an interesting article by. David kipping, a young doctoral candidate in england. Exomoons, as kipping refers to them, should be out there in the billions. The trick is, however, in detecting them, especially given the fact that we are just beginning to develop techniques to find exoplanets themselves. These techniques for finding exoplanet moons are very cutting-edge research and is presented here just for your enjoyment (not testable whew! Among the more than 1500 exoplanets discovered so far you can imagine that there are some with extra-ordinary properties.
