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Detecting Planets in Other Solar Systems…
“Direct Imaging”…? (Possible but Very Difficult!)
Q: How to detect dim “Extrasolar Planets” (“Exoplanets”)?
A: Use Newton’s Third Law! (“Action-Reaction”…
i.e., “Force-Counterforce”)
“Doppler Shifts”…for Sound “Doppler Shifts”…for Sound
“Doppler Shifts”…for Light
Other Exoplanet Detection Methods (e.g., the Transit Method)
The “Habitable Planets Catalog”:
http://phl.upr.edu/projects/habitable-exoplanets-catalog
Detecting the “Molecules of Life” in Exoplanet Atmospheres…!
