True/False: OGLE-2014-BLG-0124Lb Is the furthest Exoplanet from Earth?
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What is a planet called that is more massive than Earth but smaller than Neptune, and usually Terrestrial/Rocky?
Super Earth
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What is a planet that is scorching hot & orbits its star closely called?
Hot Jupiters
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In order to find an exoplanet, scientist will search for Shadows as the planet passes between its star & the observer. What is this called (Transit or Astrometry)?
Transit
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The star a planet orbits around is called what?
Host Star
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True/False: With modern technology, it would only take us about 4 years to get to Proxima Centauri b.
False-it would take us about 165,000 years
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True/False: The colder a star is, the further out the habitable zone can be.
False-the hotter a star is, the further out the habitable zone can be.
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In order to find an exoplanet, scientist will look for how light from a distant star is bent & focused by gravity as the planet passes between the star & Earth. What is this called (Astrometry or Gravitational Microlensing)?
Gravitational Microlensing
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What is the closest Planetary System & Exoplanet to our Solar System?
Proxima Centauri b
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What is the distance light travels in one year called?
Light Year
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In order to find an exoplanet, scientist will look for the star to wobble around in space in relation to nearby stars in the sky
Astrometry
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In order to find an exoplanet, scientist will watching for wobble in a star caused by a planet. What is this called (Radial Velocity or Transit)?
Radial Velocity
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True/False: the nearest star system to us, Alpha Centauri, is 10 light-years away.Â