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Possible Exoplanet Related Articles to Edit/Improve:

Methods of detecting exoplanets:

Possible edits:

- could expand upon the idea of false positives in the transit photometry sections

- article currently only mentions the rate of false positives for Kepler, and does not go into much detail

- can add the 3 false positive scenarios described in class:

1) eclipsing binary star with one large and one small star (transit only gives ratio of squares of radii between objects)

2) grazing eclipsing binary where a star is only partially eclipsed by another star -> change in flux about same as if planet fully eclipsed main star

3) blended stars where multiple stars are located in same pixel on detector -> dilution of dip in flux to levels that would seem reasonable for an exoplanet

Sources that could be used:

Johnson textbook for class

Haswell textbook for class

Other articles:

1) Kepler-1625b (STUB article)

Related Published Articles:

- CATCHING A PLANET: A TIDAL CAPTURE ORIGIN FOR THE EXOMOON CANDIDATE KEPLER 1625B I Adrian S. Hamers Institute for Advanced Study, School of Natural Sciences, Einstein Drive, Princeton, NJ 08540, USA Simon F. Portegies Zwart Leiden Observatory, Leiden University, PO Box 9513, NL-2300 RA Leiden, the Netherlands Draft version October 29, 2018

2) Kepler-442b (STUB article)

3) Trappist-1e (STUB article)

Related Published Articles:

- The Astronomical Journal, Volume 156, Number 3 (Joshua Krissansen-Totton1, Ryan Garland2, Patrick Irwin2, and David C. Catling1) (Detectability of Biosignatures in Anoxic Atmospheres with the James Webb Space Telescope: A TRAPPIST-1e Case Study)

4) 14 Andromedae b (STUB article)