Planet Density: Rocky, Watery or Gassy?
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In this lesson
You combine mass (radial velocity) and radius (transit) of seven planets into bulk density, surface gravity and escape velocity, and look up a composition hint.
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Lessons in this course
- Transit Depth: From a Light Curve to the Planet's Radius Locked
- Repeated Dips: Orbital Period, Ephemeris & Transit Duration Locked
- Kepler's Third Law: Orbit Size from Period & Star Mass Locked
- Equilibrium Temperature: Star, Distance & Albedo Locked
- Habitable Zone Boundaries from Stellar Luminosity Locked
- Radial Velocity: Semi-Amplitude to Minimum Planet Mass Locked
- Planet Density: Rocky, Watery or Gassy? Locked
- Comparing a Catalogue: Size Classes & Radius vs Period (Chart) Locked