Detecting Earth from distant star-based systems: Difference between revisions

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{{short description|Detecting Earth as an exoplanet}}

[[File:Dopspec-inline.gif|thumb|right|150px|<div align="center">[[Star]] dims due to [[Transit (astronomy)|transiting]] [[exoplanet]]</div>]]

There are several methods currently used by astronomers to detect distant [[exoplanet]]s from [[Earth]].<ref name="NASA-2020">{{cite web |author=Staff |title=5 Ways to Find a Planet |url=https://exoplanets.nasa.gov/alien-worlds/ways-to-find-a-planet/ |date=2020 |work=[[NASA]] |accessdate=24 October 2020 }}</ref> Theoretically, some of these same methods may be used to detect the Earth as an exoplanet from distant star systems.