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Exoplanet Kepler-76b: discovered through effects predicted by Einstein'sSTR



 
 
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Old May 15th 13, 11:06 AM posted to sci.physics,sci.astro
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Einstein's Planet: Special Theory of Relativity Helps Astronomers
Discover Kepler-76b | Astronomy | Sci-News.com
http://www.sci-news.com/astronomy/ar...epler-76b.html

"It was discovered using data obtained with NASA’s Kepler Space
Telescope. Although Kepler was designed to find transiting planets,
Kepler-76b was not identified using the classical transit method of
detecting exoplanets."
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Default Exoplanet Kepler-76b: discovered through effects predicted by Einstein's STR

On Wed, 15 May 2013 16:06:10 +0600, Yousuf Khan
wrote:

Einstein's Planet: Special Theory of Relativity Helps Astronomers
Discover Kepler-76b | Astronomy | Sci-News.com
http://www.sci-news.com/astronomy/ar...epler-76b.html

"It was discovered using data obtained with NASA’s Kepler Space
Telescope. Although Kepler was designed to find transiting planets,
Kepler-76b was not identified using the classical transit method of
detecting exoplanets."


actually I think it was the general theroy not the special
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On 15/05/2013 11:28 PM, wrote:
On Wed, 15 May 2013 16:06:10 +0600, Yousuf Khan
wrote:

Einstein's Planet: Special Theory of Relativity Helps Astronomers
Discover Kepler-76b | Astronomy | Sci-News.com
http://www.sci-news.com/astronomy/ar...epler-76b.html

"It was discovered using data obtained with NASA’s Kepler Space
Telescope. Although Kepler was designed to find transiting planets,
Kepler-76b was not identified using the classical transit method of
detecting exoplanets."


actually I think it was the general theroy not the special


That's what I would've thought too, but just relaying what the article said.

Yousuf Khan

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Default Exoplanet Kepler-76b: discovered through effects predicted byEinstein's STR

Dear Yousuf Khan:

On Wednesday, May 15, 2013 6:30:06 PM UTC-7, Yousuf Khan wrote:
On 15/05/2013 11:28 PM, wrote:

On Wed, 15 May 2013 16:06:10 +0600, Yousuf Khan


wrote:


Einstein's Planet: Special Theory of Relativity Helps Astronomers
Discover Kepler-76b | Astronomy | Sci-News.com


actually I think it was the general theroy not
the special


That's what I would've thought too, but just
relaying what the article said.


#1 "Einstein's beaming effect" is primarily relativistic Doppler effect, which is Special.
#2 was the formation of a lobe, so gravitation and General.
#3 was reflected starlight, which is neither.

Since General includes Special as a special case, really no need to try and differentiate. Reporters rarely know enough to get this right.

David A. Smith
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Old May 16th 13, 05:17 PM posted to sci.physics,sci.astro
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Default Exoplanet Kepler-76b: discovered through effects predicted byEinstein's STR

On 5/15/13 5:06 AM, Yousuf Khan wrote:
Einstein's Planet: Special Theory of Relativity Helps Astronomers
Discover Kepler-76b | Astronomy | Sci-News.com
http://www.sci-news.com/astronomy/ar...epler-76b.html


"It was discovered using data obtained with NASA’s Kepler Space
Telescope. Although Kepler was designed to find transiting planets,
Kepler-76b was not identified using the classical transit method of
detecting exoplanets."


Reference:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/busine...f7c_story.html


If engineers can’t find a fix, the failure could mean an end to the
$600 million mission’s search, although the space agency wasn’t ready
to call it quits Wednesday. The telescope has discovered scores of
planets but only two so far are the best candidates for habitable
planets.

“I wouldn’t call Kepler down-and-out just yet,” said NASA sciences
chief John Grunsfeld.

NASA said the spacecraft lost the second of four wheels that control
its orientation in space. With only two working wheels left, it can’t
point at stars with the same precision.


Now “we can’t point where we need to point. We can’t gather data,”
deputy project manager Charles Sobeck told The Associated Press.

Scientists said there’s a backlog of data that they still need to
analyze even if Kepler stopped looking for planets.

“I think the most interesting, exciting discoveries are coming in the
next two years. The mission is not over,” said chief scientist
William Borucki.



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Old May 18th 13, 09:30 AM posted to sci.astro
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Default Exoplanet Kepler-76b: discovered through effects predicted byEinstein's STR

On 16/05/2013 8:29 PM, dlzc wrote:
#1 "Einstein's beaming effect" is primarily relativistic Doppler effect, which is Special.
#2 was the formation of a lobe, so gravitation and General.
#3 was reflected starlight, which is neither.

Since General includes Special as a special case, really no need to try and differentiate. Reporters rarely know enough to get this right.


I usually remember it by General = Gravity, Special = Speed.

Yousuf Khan

 




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