Monday, December 7, 2015

Innovators/6 Planet Hunters

The number of planets discovered beyond our own solar system is growing daily   The uniqueness of our solar system is waning with respect to a planetary system orbiting a main sequence star.  It still is however the only system know to harbor intelligent life (us)!  Our most recent study has allowed us to see our solar system up close an in scale based on the planetary distances from our star.  Your goal as a planetary hunter is to find a recently discovered planetary system and complete the following;

  • Identify the star(s) and star type(s)
  • Identify the planet(s) based on comparative size to our solar system planets 
    • (ex. super Jupiter, super earth etc).
  • Find the distances of the planets from their star and create a scale based on this data 
    • (similar to the solar system to scale project in class).
  • Create a model of the planetary system that can be used to show the scale of the system compared to our own.
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72 comments:

  1. AnonymousDecember 14, 2015 at 11:39 AM

    My solar system: Kepler-90 h

    Emma Forsythe

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  2. AnonymousDecember 14, 2015 at 11:48 AM

    Sorry Kepler-90
    Emma Forsythe

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  3. AnonymousDecember 14, 2015 at 12:51 PM

    My Solar System is Gliese 876~ Laina waggoner

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    1. AnonymousDecember 14, 2015 at 12:56 PM

      what do u mean ur solar system is gliese 876
      this is jniah davis

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    2. UnknownDecember 14, 2015 at 2:28 PM

      where did you find yours Laina?

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    3. AnonymousDecember 15, 2015 at 4:13 AM

      I didn't go on exoplanet app he said we could go on to find our Solar system. Im confused on what your trying to say.~laina

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  4. AnonymousDecember 14, 2015 at 12:55 PM

    sun,mercury,venus,earth,mars,jupiter,saturn


    J'Niah Davis

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  5. AnonymousDecember 14, 2015 at 3:10 PM

    HD 219134


    Bennett Black

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  6. AnonymousDecember 14, 2015 at 3:12 PM

    HD 219134

    Bennett Black

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  7. Liam HornsteinDecember 14, 2015 at 4:16 PM

    Kepler-444

    Liamhornstein

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    1. Liam HornsteinDecember 17, 2015 at 5:39 AM

      the planets in my solar system are kepler-444b
      kepler-444e
      kepler-444c
      kepler-444f
      kepler-444d

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  8. TaigaharuDecember 14, 2015 at 4:19 PM

    Gliese 581
    ~Hannah Park~

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  9. AnonymousDecember 14, 2015 at 4:22 PM

    Im doing KOI-3681.01.

    Riley Watson

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  10. AnonymousDecember 14, 2015 at 4:23 PM

    Actually its KOI-3681,sorry,the other one was one of it's planets.

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  11. AnonymousDecember 14, 2015 at 4:35 PM

    The solar system I have chosen is Kepler-9 b.

    Gianfranco Secondi (Gianfi)

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  12. AnonymousDecember 14, 2015 at 5:29 PM

    Correction: The Planetary System I have chosen is Kepler-9 b

    Gianfranco Secondi (Gianfi)

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  13. AnonymousDecember 14, 2015 at 5:46 PM

    Last Correction: The Planetary System I have chosen is KEPLER-9

    Gianfranco Secondi (Gianfi)

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  14. AnonymousDecember 15, 2015 at 2:07 PM

    HD 7924 is my solar system.

    Peyton Hands

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  15. AnonymousDecember 15, 2015 at 4:39 PM

    andra-lyn
    kepler 20

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  16. UnknownDecember 17, 2015 at 5:01 AM

    http://exoplanet.eu/catalog/

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  17. AnonymousDecember 17, 2015 at 5:03 AM

    wasp-85
    jillian

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  18. UnknownDecember 17, 2015 at 5:03 AM

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  19. AnonymousDecember 17, 2015 at 5:06 AM

    kepler-421 b. -Cheyenne somers

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  20. UnknownDecember 17, 2015 at 5:09 AM

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  21. UnknownDecember 17, 2015 at 5:12 AM

    GJ 667C

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  22. AnonymousDecember 17, 2015 at 5:12 AM

    I am doing HD 69830 b
    HD 69830 c
    HD 69830 d
    Sabeeh Shahid

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  23. AnonymousDecember 17, 2015 at 5:14 AM

    Kepler-11

    Julian Sabo

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  24. AnonymousDecember 17, 2015 at 5:15 AM

    Star:Kepler23
    Planet:Kepler23 b
    Planet:Kepler23 c
    Planet:Kepler23 d

    Qatashia Trader

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  25. AnonymousDecember 17, 2015 at 5:21 AM

    star: EPIC 201367065
    exoplanet: EPIC 201367065 B
    exoplanet: EPIC 201367065 C
    exoplanet: EPIC 201367065 D

    Kaela Mitchell

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  26. UnknownDecember 17, 2015 at 5:23 AM

    correction OGLE-2012-BLG-0026L

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  27. UnknownDecember 17, 2015 at 5:31 AM

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  28. UnknownDecember 17, 2015 at 5:38 AM

    HIP 107773 b
    HIP 65891 b
    HIP 73990 b
    HIP 73990 c
    HIP 74865 b

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  29. AnonymousDecember 17, 2015 at 5:49 AM

    mine is HR 8799
    ~Ryleigh Harsin

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  30. AnonymousDecember 17, 2015 at 6:00 AM

    wasp-75 b


    J'Niah Davis

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  31. AnonymousDecember 17, 2015 at 6:01 AM

    kepler-186 f jeremiah brown

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  32. AnonymousDecember 17, 2015 at 6:02 AM

    I am doing Kepler 47
    Joshua McLaughlin

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  33. AnonymousDecember 17, 2015 at 6:04 AM

    I mean 47b and 47c Kepler
    Joshua McLaughlin

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  34. AnonymousDecember 17, 2015 at 6:06 AM

    Scratch what I said before I couldn't find any info on it,im doing KOI 172.02,in other words,KOI 172.
    Riley Watson

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  35. AnonymousDecember 17, 2015 at 6:07 AM

    Gliese 667Cc Elijah ferrell

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  36. AnonymousDecember 17, 2015 at 6:22 AM

    kepler-22b
    leyona Briddell

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  37. AnonymousDecember 17, 2015 at 6:22 AM

    Ok,this is getting annoying,but I didn't find any info on Koi 172,so I am doing the kepler 97 system. Hopefully that is final.

    Riley Watson

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  38. UnknownDecember 17, 2015 at 6:28 AM

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  39. UnknownDecember 17, 2015 at 12:47 PM

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  40. UnknownDecember 17, 2015 at 12:47 PM

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  41. UnknownDecember 17, 2015 at 12:53 PM

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  42. UnknownDecember 20, 2015 at 8:19 AM

    I'm doing Kepler 69 (Diego Lorenzen)

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  43. Liam HornsteinDecember 21, 2015 at 7:10 AM

    Scratch my first solar system! I am doing WASP-47

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  44. UnknownDecember 25, 2015 at 7:03 PM

    Kepler-169

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  45. UnknownDecember 27, 2015 at 11:29 AM

    Scratch that, I am doing is WASP-47
    The planet in that system are: WASP-47 b, WASP-47 e, WASP-47 d, WASP-47 c

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  46. AnonymousDecember 27, 2015 at 12:22 PM

    I am changing my system to Kepler 83.

    -Julian Sabo

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    1. AnonymousDecember 27, 2015 at 12:32 PM

      Sorry i have to change it again now it is Kepler-10

      -Julian Sabo

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  47. AnonymousDecember 27, 2015 at 12:42 PM

    I am changing mine to kepler 94 b and c due to lack of info on my last one.



    Riley Watson

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  48. UnknownDecember 28, 2015 at 7:32 AM

    Kepler-238 sorry guys

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  49. UnknownDecember 28, 2015 at 7:34 AM

    This is kind of a stupid question here: can you make a scale for each planet using the number of days in it's orbit?

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  50. UnknownDecember 28, 2015 at 12:02 PM

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  51. UnknownDecember 28, 2015 at 12:05 PM

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  52. UnknownDecember 28, 2015 at 12:22 PM

    Kepler-424 b

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  53. AnonymousDecember 29, 2015 at 10:42 AM

    sorry, couldn't find my star type so i am changing it to Kepler-12.

    Emma Forsythe

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  54. AnonymousDecember 29, 2015 at 10:57 AM

    wait not Kepler-12 sorry, i meant 55 Cnc

    Emma Forsythe

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  55. AnonymousDecember 29, 2015 at 11:33 AM

    sorry going back to kepler-90

    Emma f

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  56. AnonymousJanuary 2, 2016 at 2:47 PM

    Find the distacnes of the planets from their star and create a scale based on this data
    *distances
    -hannah

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  57. UnknownJanuary 5, 2016 at 12:59 PM

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  58. UnknownJanuary 5, 2016 at 1:14 PM

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  59. UnknownJanuary 5, 2016 at 1:25 PM

    Nevermind.. again im looking at GJ 1132b

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  60. UnknownJanuary 5, 2016 at 2:20 PM

    NOTE!***:There are no known stars around GJ1132b :D

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