Timeline for How do astronomers know if a planet is orbiting a star, or it's simply another star in the background?
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| Nov 19, 2018 at 19:10 | comment | added | Wayfaring Stranger | Thanks @HDE226868. I remembered the star spots, but could not remember that we'd resolved planets. Things have moved so fast these past 20 years. | |
| Nov 19, 2018 at 17:45 | comment | added | HDE 226868♦ | @WayfaringStranger We have, actually, in the last decade. Beta Pictoris and HR 8799 are some of the more well-known cases. | |
| Nov 19, 2018 at 17:00 | comment | added | Wayfaring Stranger | I don't think we've actually imaged any exoplanets yet. | |
| Nov 19, 2018 at 14:59 | history | edited | FJC | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Nov 16, 2018 at 21:00 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackAstronomy/status/1063537318018117632 | ||
| Nov 16, 2018 at 7:17 | comment | added | ProfRob | Because it repeats! | |
| Nov 16, 2018 at 5:49 | answer | added | HDE 226868♦ | timeline score: 9 | |
| Nov 16, 2018 at 3:03 | history | asked | K Split X | CC BY-SA 4.0 |