The program showed us step by step how to determine whether a planet passes the star or not. First it had us determine what kind of path the star was on..variable or quiet. For this one I'll pick variable.
After you choose "variable" it'll ask you what kind of variable. I chose pulsating.
Now this is where it'll ask you if the star has any transits. For this one it does. Transits basically tell astronomers that there is a planet orbiting it, if there are consistent transits. You can tell which are transits by looking at the marked areas that drift away from the constant area of light.
When you're all done you can view your finds on your profile!
I found this lesson to be very interesting because I didn't realize that there are planets that have been discovered orbiting planets before this! Also I find it cool how that we know that by the shift in light from the star could mean something such as a planet could be orbiting it.
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