Arthur (atseng1729)

Race #144

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Official speed 90.83 wpm (46.90 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start June 28, 2020 4:24:08am UTC
Race Finish June 28, 2020 4:24:55am UTC
Outcome No win (2 of 5)
Accuracy 98.0%
Points 87.80
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If an exoplanet happens to transit its star, we can often determine both its mass and its radius, and hence estimate its density and possibly even its composition. More than 200 transiting hot Jupiters have been measured in this way. But when astronomers calculate their densities the numbers they obtain are generally much lower than predicted by theory.