Launchpad: The Search for Exoplanets

Short film · 6 min

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Synopsis

Join NASA astronauts at Kitt Peak National Observatory in their search for exoplanets. Find out how the two-meter telescope is calibrated to locate giant planets orbiting stars in far off solar systems. Learn about the infrared signature of a transit.

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Details

Running time

6 minutes

Language

English

Collection

NASA

Subjects on the Internet Archive

• NASA eClips
• NIA
• Launchpad
• science
• Kitt Peak
• education
• secondary
• exoplanet
• transit
• telescope

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