Saidoh (saidoh)

Race #662

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Official speed 96.95 wpm (43.94 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start February 26, 2018 11:15:20am UTC
Race Finish February 26, 2018 11:16:04am UTC
Outcome Win (1 of 5)
Opponents 3. hessijames (84.30 wpm)
Accuracy 98.0%
Points 93.71
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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.