ReaperX (reaperx_g0d)

Race #707

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Official speed 88.78 wpm (47.98 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start July 22, 2020 6:08:37am UTC
Race Finish July 22, 2020 6:09:25am UTC
Outcome No win (2 of 3)
Opponents 1. bayemirov (91.14 wpm)
3. cathayjason (81.22 wpm)
Accuracy 96.0%
Points 85.82
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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.