Exoplanet Kepler-76b: discovered through effects predicted by Einstein's STR

[Yousuf Khan]

Einstein's Planet: Special Theory of Relativity Helps Astronomers
Discover Kepler-76b | Astronomy | Sci-News.com
http://www.sci-news.com/astronomy/article01073-einstein-planet-kepler-76b.html

"It was discovered using data obtained with NASA�s Kepler Space
Telescope. Although Kepler was designed to find transiting planets,
Kepler-76b was not identified using the classical transit method of
detecting exoplanets."

[bil...@microsoft.com]

On Wed, 15 May 2013 16:06:10 +0600, Yousuf Khan
<bbb...@spammenot.yahoo.com> wrote:

>Einstein's Planet: Special Theory of Relativity Helps Astronomers
>Discover Kepler-76b | Astronomy | Sci-News.com
>http://www.sci-news.com/astronomy/article01073-einstein-planet-kepler-76b.html
>

>"It was discovered using data obtained with NASA�s Kepler Space

>Telescope. Although Kepler was designed to find transiting planets,
>Kepler-76b was not identified using the classical transit method of
>detecting exoplanets."

actually I think it was the general theroy not the special

[Yousuf Khan]

On 15/05/2013 11:28 PM, bil...@microsoft.com wrote:
> On Wed, 15 May 2013 16:06:10 +0600, Yousuf Khan
> <bbb...@spammenot.yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> Einstein's Planet: Special Theory of Relativity Helps Astronomers
>> Discover Kepler-76b | Astronomy | Sci-News.com
>> http://www.sci-news.com/astronomy/article01073-einstein-planet-kepler-76b.html
>>

>> "It was discovered using data obtained with NASA�s Kepler Space

>> Telescope. Although Kepler was designed to find transiting planets,
>> Kepler-76b was not identified using the classical transit method of
>> detecting exoplanets."
>
> actually I think it was the general theroy not the special

That's what I would've thought too, but just relaying what the article said.

Yousuf Khan

[dlzc]

Dear Yousuf Khan:

On Wednesday, May 15, 2013 6:30:06 PM UTC-7, Yousuf Khan wrote:

> On 15/05/2013 11:28 PM, bil***@microsoft.com wrote:
>
> > On Wed, 15 May 2013 16:06:10 +0600, Yousuf Khan
>

> > <bbb***@spammenot.yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> >> Einstein's Planet: Special Theory of Relativity Helps Astronomers
> >> Discover Kepler-76b | Astronomy | Sci-News.com
>

> > actually I think it was the general theroy not
> > the special
>
> That's what I would've thought too, but just
> relaying what the article said.

#1 "Einstein's beaming effect" is primarily relativistic Doppler effect, which is Special.
#2 was the formation of a lobe, so gravitation and General.
#3 was reflected starlight, which is neither.

Since General includes Special as a special case, really no need to try and differentiate. Reporters rarely know enough to get this right.

David A. Smith

[Sam Wormley]

On 5/15/13 5:06 AM, Yousuf Khan wrote:
> Einstein's Planet: Special Theory of Relativity Helps Astronomers
> Discover Kepler-76b | Astronomy | Sci-News.com
> http://www.sci-news.com/astronomy/article01073-einstein-planet-kepler-76b.html
>
>

> "It was discovered using data obtained with NASA’s Kepler Space

> Telescope. Although Kepler was designed to find transiting planets,
> Kepler-76b was not identified using the classical transit method of
> detecting exoplanets."

Reference:
> http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/nasa-spacecrafts-planet-hunting-days-may-be-over-after-loss-of-2nd-reaction-wheel/2013/05/15/95c8d4c6-bd9b-11e2-b537-ab47f0325f7c_story.html

> If engineers can’t find a fix, the failure could mean an end to the
> $600 million mission’s search, although the space agency wasn’t ready
> to call it quits Wednesday. The telescope has discovered scores of
> planets but only two so far are the best candidates for habitable
> planets.
>
> “I wouldn’t call Kepler down-and-out just yet,” said NASA sciences
> chief John Grunsfeld.
>
> NASA said the spacecraft lost the second of four wheels that control
> its orientation in space. With only two working wheels left, it can’t
> point at stars with the same precision.

> Now “we can’t point where we need to point. We can’t gather data,”
> deputy project manager Charles Sobeck told The Associated Press.
>
> Scientists said there’s a backlog of data that they still need to
> analyze even if Kepler stopped looking for planets.
>
> “I think the most interesting, exciting discoveries are coming in the
> next two years. The mission is not over,” said chief scientist
> William Borucki.

[Yousuf Khan]

On 16/05/2013 8:29 PM, dlzc wrote:
> #1 "Einstein's beaming effect" is primarily relativistic Doppler effect, which is Special.
> #2 was the formation of a lobe, so gravitation and General.
> #3 was reflected starlight, which is neither.
>
> Since General includes Special as a special case, really no need to try and differentiate. Reporters rarely know enough to get this right.

I usually remember it by General = Gravity, Special = Speed.

Yousuf Khan