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With the release of Batman v Superman, Martin asks whether Superman's home world of Krypton is really out there, delving into exoplanet searches going on right now!
W: martinarcher.co.uk
T: twitter.com/martinarcher
F: facebook.com/drmartinarcher
00:29 Star of Rao - LHS2520
01:19 Neil deGaffe Tyson
02:52 Radial Velocity / Doppler Technique
04:50 Is Krypton there?
05:44 Other Red Dwarf Stars
08:16 Pale Red Dot Campaign
09:03 The CARMENES Search
09:31 Would Krypton have life?
Links for more information:
Krypton "found"
space.com/18348-neil-tyson-superman-krypton-planet.html
blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2012/11/05/dc-comics-pins-krypton-to-the-star-map
How to measure distance to stars
youtube.com/watch?v=Op3AYaJc0Xw
LHS 2520 distance - photometric vs parallax
dx.doi.org/10.1088%2F0004-6256%2F140%2F3%2F897
HARPS
eso.org/sci/facilities/lasilla/instruments/harps.html
RECONS
recons.org
Exoplanets plots
exoplanets.org
Habitable Exoplanets
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_nearest_exoplanets
http://phl.upr.edu/projects/habitable-exoplanets-catalog
Planets per star
nasa.gov/mission_pages/kepler/news/kepler20130103.html
Red Dwarf Planets
nasa.gov/mission_pages/kepler/news/kepler-data-suggests-earth-size-planets-next-door.html#.VuqCK_mLSUk
Pale Red Dot
palereddot.org
qmul.ac.uk/media/news/items/se/169578.html
CARMENES
carmenes.caha.es
Tidally Locked Worlds
dx.doi.org/10.1089%2F153110703769016488
dx.doi.org/10.1006%2Ficar.1997.5793
Effects of Red Dwarf Activity
arxiv.org/abs/1204.0275
arxiv.org/abs/1409.1237v1
Thanks to Dr Guillem Anglada Escude (Queen Mary University of London), project co-ordinator on Pale Red Dot
Music by Fancy Mike, freestockmusic.com and bensound.com
Additional Image/Video Credits: DC Comics, Alexandre Santerne, MarioLaraCreations, Vulmen, Space Engine, FieryPhoenix7, Celestia, N.A. Sharp, NOAO/NSO/Kitt Peak FTS/AURA/NSF, Starry Night, Coryn Bailer-Jones, Pennsylvania State University, Endl & Kürster, M. Mayor and D. Queloz, SOHO/MDI, Adric Riedel, dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200811419
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Why not watch "What is Doctor Strange's Dark Dimension? Gravity, Dimensions & Hierarchy Problem | Physics vs Film"
youtube.com/watch?v=SgZsvUQWkX4
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With the release of Batman v Superman, Martin asks whether Superman's home world of Krypton is really out there, delving into exoplanet searches going on right now!
W: martinarcher.co.uk
T: twitter.com/martinarcher
F: facebook.com/drmartinarcher
00:29 Star of Rao - LHS2520
01:19 Neil deGaffe Tyson
02:52 Radial Velocity / Doppler Technique
04:50 Is Krypton there?
05:44 Other Red Dwarf Stars
08:16 Pale Red Dot Campaign
09:03 The CARMENES Search
09:31 Would Krypton have life?
Links for more information:
Krypton "found"
space.com/18348-neil-tyson-superman-krypton-planet.html
blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2012/11/05/dc-comics-pins-krypton-to-the-star-map
How to measure distance to stars
youtube.com/watch?v=Op3AYaJc0Xw
LHS 2520 distance - photometric vs parallax
dx.doi.org/10.1088%2F0004-6256%2F140%2F3%2F897
HARPS
eso.org/sci/facilities/lasilla/instruments/harps.html
RECONS
recons.org
Exoplanets plots
exoplanets.org
Habitable Exoplanets
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_nearest_exoplanets
http://phl.upr.edu/projects/habitable-exoplanets-catalog
Planets per star
nasa.gov/mission_pages/kepler/news/kepler20130103.html
Red Dwarf Planets
nasa.gov/mission_pages/kepler/news/kepler-data-suggests-earth-size-planets-next-door.html#.VuqCK_mLSUk
Pale Red Dot
palereddot.org
qmul.ac.uk/media/news/items/se/169578.html
CARMENES
carmenes.caha.es
Tidally Locked Worlds
dx.doi.org/10.1089%2F153110703769016488
dx.doi.org/10.1006%2Ficar.1997.5793
Effects of Red Dwarf Activity
arxiv.org/abs/1204.0275
arxiv.org/abs/1409.1237v1
Thanks to Dr Guillem Anglada Escude (Queen Mary University of London), project co-ordinator on Pale Red Dot
Music by Fancy Mike, freestockmusic.com and bensound.com
Additional Image/Video Credits: DC Comics, Alexandre Santerne, MarioLaraCreations, Vulmen, Space Engine, FieryPhoenix7, Celestia, N.A. Sharp, NOAO/NSO/Kitt Peak FTS/AURA/NSF, Starry Night, Coryn Bailer-Jones, Pennsylvania State University, Endl & Kürster, M. Mayor and D. Queloz, SOHO/MDI, Adric Riedel, dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200811419
-~-~~-~~~-~~-~-
Why not watch "What is Doctor Strange's Dark Dimension? Gravity, Dimensions & Hierarchy Problem | Physics vs Film"
youtube.com/watch?v=SgZsvUQWkX4
-~-~~-~~~-~~-~-
