From: Dan Clemmensen (Dan@Clemmensen.ShireNet.com)
Date: Fri Mar 05 1999 - 13:53:09 MST
CurtAdams@aol.com wrote:
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> We can only find large planets, but they don't have to be close to the star.
> We could see a Jupiter in a Jupiter orbit; the astronomers have been
> surprised that they didn't.
Are you sure? I'm fairly sure that these discoveries are based on the
effect of the planet on the motion of its star. A more rapid change
is easier to detect, and a shorter year is easier to detect. Jupiter
in its orbit accelerates the Sun a lot less than it would in
Mercury's orbit.
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