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light from the they orbit makes it difficult to locate extrasolar planets with telescope
light from the they orbit makes it difficult to locate extrasolar planets with telescope
Its simple! They use telescopes instead!
Light from the stars they orbit makes it difficult to see them.
extra solar planets are not bright compared to the stars they orbit
extrasolar planers are not bright compared to the stars they orbit For approximately the same reason that it's difficult to spot a mosquito circling a street light that is 5 miles away, with a telescope.
Planets are considerably smaller than their parent stars, also they emit no light and are very close to the star. With all this combined, separating between the two with a telescope is very difficult.
We tend to see the large planets farthest away from their stars. So it is unlikely we will find any small planets close to their star similar to Mercury.
maybe because they have found more than 300 planets outside our solar system. But they all have been gas balls or can't be proven to be solid. Now a team of European astronomers has confirmed the first rocky extrasolar planet. so i think they think that it is interesting that it is the first rocky extrasolar planet.
We tend to see the large planets farthest away from their stars. So it is unlikely we will find any small planets close to their star similar to Mercury.
Planets are considerably smaller than their parent stars, also they emit no light and are very close to the star. With all this combined, separating between the two with a telescope is very difficult.