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Launchpad: The Search for Exoplanets

Launchpad: The Search for Exoplanets

Update: 2013-04-09
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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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