Meaning of “exoplanet” in the English Dictionary
"exoplanet" in English
(Definition of “exoplanet” from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
Examples of “exoplanet”
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Transport of ionizing radiation in terrestrial-like exoplanet atmospheres.
However, even with several groups working for the past few years, there has yet to be a confirmed exoplanet discovery resulting from a transit search.
The presently known exoplanet eccentricities are compatible with this theoretical prediction.
Results from simulations modelling the coronographic performance and exoplanet detection probability will be presented.
A year later, this detection was confirmed as the first picture of an exoplanet ever recorded.
Next is a summary of the rapidly changing state of play in the search for extrasolar planets or exoplanets.
However unlike most other known exoplanets, its eccentricity is not known, but it is typical that its inclination is not known.
Up until the year 2010, telescopes could only directly image exoplanets under exceptional circumstances.
The instrument is currently being calibrated and its first exoplanet observations are expected to begin in the summer of 2014.
The discovery began a 140-year period of other exoplanet discovery false alarms, although no actual planets were discovered.
Possible future uses include searching for asteroids and comets, looking for evidence of supernovas, and finding huge exoplanets through gravitational microlensing.
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