ankit (ankitthegreat)

Race #3265

View Pit Stop page for race #3265 by ankitthegreatGhost race

View profile for ankit (ankitthegreat)

Official speed 86.25 wpm (49.39 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start December 8, 2020 12:50:48pm UTC
Race Finish December 8, 2020 12:51:37pm UTC
Outcome No win (4 of 5)
Opponents 3. play_nitrotype (86.37 wpm)
Accuracy 99.0%
Points 83.37
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.