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Many exoplanets have been discovered by the transit method, wherein one monitors a dip in the intensity of the parent star as the exoplanet moves in front of it. The exoplanet has a radius R and the parent star has radius 100R. If I_(0) is the intensity observed on earth due to the parent star, then as the exoplanet transits, |
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Answer» The MINIMUM observed intensity of the PARENT STAR is `0.9I_(0)` |
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