Big Flecks (_ndrxw)

Race #405

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Official speed 65.15 wpm (65.39 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start October 19, 2017 2:19:15pm UTC
Race Finish October 19, 2017 2:20:20pm UTC
Outcome No win (2 of 3)
Opponents 1. majorheadtop (68.43 wpm)
3. whoheis (60.77 wpm)
Accuracy 97.0%
Points 62.98
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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.