CRDM (crdm0)

Race #8905

View Pit Stop page for race #8905 by crdm0Ghost race

View profile for CRDM (crdm0)

Official speed 136.05 wpm (31.31 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start November 16, 2017 10:28:20pm UTC
Race Finish November 16, 2017 10:28:51pm UTC
Outcome No win (2 of 5)
Opponents 1. deroche1 (141.78 wpm)
3. viellain (128.83 wpm)
4. teiloq (105.58 wpm)
Accuracy 99.0%
Points 131.51
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.