#HotelMars: Likely Birth of an Exo-Moon at 370 Light Years. Kate Follette @Amherst.edu ; David Livingston, SpaceShow.com GLXXG

Photo: This artist’s impression depicts the exomoon candidate Kepler-1625b-i, the planet it is orbiting and the star in the centre of the star system. Kepler-1625b-i is the first exomoon candidate and, if confirmed, the first moon to be found outside the Solar System. Like many exoplanets, Kepler-1625b-i was discovered using the transit method. Exomoons are difficult to find because they are smaller than their companion planets, so their transit signal is weak, and their position in the system changes with each transit because of their orbit. This requires extensive modelling and data analysis..

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#HotelMars: Likely Birth of an Exo-Moon at 370 Light Years. Kate Follette @Amherst.edu ; David Livingston, SpaceShow.com GLXXG


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