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Tagged with light-curve planetary-transits
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Fourier analysis of exoplanet transit to determine the number of planets in the system
Although I think that this can be done by simply looking at the transit graph, I was wondering if a Fourier transform of a transit (basically transforming transit depth/amplitude vs time graph to ...
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easy curve modeling package for transits that fits the data not just the parameters?
Does anyone have any recommendations for easy-to-use exoplanet transit light curve model fitting packages like batman, but that fits the data, not just the model parameters?
Thank you so much. I need ...
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Using lightkurve to identify a planet
I have gotten LightKurve to work and plot a lightcurve to allow for the identification of possible transits. However is there a way I can get it to run and tell me if there is a possible transit in ...
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Calculate mass of exoplanet from transit method
Is there any way to calculate (or at least estimate) mass of an exoplanet from transit method? I know that mass can be calculated with radial velocity method, however I would like to create program ...
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How to recognize exoplanet transit
I am using Python package lightkurve for exoplanets searching by the transit method. When I download light curve of some star and apply periodogram, I find frequency and power of periodic components ...
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Calculate depth and duration of exoplanet's transit using Python, astropy or lightkurve
I am creating a program for the analysis of exoplanets in Python using Astropy and Lightkurve libraries. I have light curve of specified star and I would like to calculate depth and duration of planet ...
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Get orbital period of exoplanet from light curve using astropy.timeseries
I am using astropy and I would like to calculate orbital period of an exoplanet by its star's light curve. I follow tutorial in astropy docs and I use data from Kepler in Nasa Exoplanet Archive.
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