End of Chapter Questions

Review Questions

Question 5.1

Describe how exoplanets are discovered by measuring stellar radial velocities.

Question 5.2

Describe how exoplanets are discovered by observing stellar motion across the celestial sphere.

Question 5.3

Describe how exoplanets are discovered by measuring stellar brightnesses.

Question 5.4

Describe how exoplanets are discovered by microlensing.

Question 5.5

Describe two methods astronomers use to search for life on exoplanets.

Question 5.6

What is a planet’s habitable zone?

Advanced Question

Question 5.7

How would a planet orbiting one of the first- generation stars be different than planets formed today? What chemical elements would that planet contain? Could we humans exist on that world? Why or why not?

Got It?

Question 5.8

Most extrasolar planets found to date are most similar in mass and size to

  1. Earth

  2. Mars

  3. Jupiter

  4. Pluto

  5. our Moon

Question 5.9

Are all exoplanets orbiting stars? If not, where are they?

Question 5.10

How are exoplanets found from the Doppler shifts of stars?