new_ergo_kbd (suskeyhose)

Race #41

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Official speed 86.47 wpm (49.27 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start November 15, 2017 4:00:01am UTC
Race Finish November 15, 2017 4:00:51am UTC
Outcome Win (1 of 5)
Accuracy 98.0%
Points 83.59
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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.