Rohak (rohakr)

Race #19

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Official speed 143.52 wpm (29.68 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start September 11, 2017 10:36:01pm UTC
Race Finish September 11, 2017 10:36:31pm UTC
Outcome Win (1 of 2)
Accuracy 98.0%
Points 138.73
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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.