mike (mike_typer)

Race #1529

View Pit Stop page for race #1529 by mike_typerGhost race

View profile for mike (mike_typer)

Official speed 56.06 wpm (75.99 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start November 13, 2017 1:19:16pm UTC
Race Finish November 13, 2017 1:20:32pm UTC
Outcome No win (2 of 2)
Accuracy 94.0%
Points 54.19
Text #3622418 (Length: 355 characters)

If an exoplanet happens to transit its star, we can often determine both its mass and its radius, and hence estimate its density and possibly even its composition. More than 200 transiting hot Jupiters have been measured in this way. But when astronomers calculate their densities the numbers they obtain are generally much lower than predicted by theory.