Dank (dankmachine)

Race #4332

View Pit Stop page for race #4332 by dankmachineGhost race

View profile for Dank (dankmachine)

Official speed 75.49 wpm (56.43 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start December 9, 2018 10:50:27am UTC
Race Finish December 9, 2018 10:51:23am UTC
Outcome No win (4 of 4)
Opponents 2. vilius8 (88.51 wpm)
3. axengi (87.88 wpm)
Accuracy 95.0%
Points 72.97
Text #3622418 (Length: 355 characters)

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.