The Darkest World
July 16, 2016
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as posted by the channelTrES-2b is the darkest known exoplanet ever detected, reflecting less light than black paint. Prof Kipping, who helped discover the extreme low reflectivity back in 2011, explains how it was found, why this object was chosen for analysis in the first place and what physically could be causing the planet to be so dark.
::More about this Video::
► O'Donovan et al. (2006), "TrES2The First Transiting Planet in the Kepler Field"
► Kipping & Spiegel (2011), "Detection of visible light from the darkest world"
► BBC News article
► Outro music by Taylor Davis
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