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Flying Squid@mander.xyz to Astronomy@mander.xyz · 2 years ago

See 17 Years of an Exoplanet’s Orbit in One Captivating GIF

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See 17 Years of an Exoplanet’s Orbit in One Captivating GIF

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Flying Squid@mander.xyz to Astronomy@mander.xyz · 2 years ago
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This ten-second animation shows about three quarters of the planet’s complete orbit.
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    Crazy that it seems exacly edge-on to us.

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      I’m going to take a swing at that being a function of how it was identified in the first place.

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    Ok, I am properly and unreservedly impressed. Never in my life did I ever dream I would ever see such a thing, and it is wondrous.

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