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Would it be possible to find a moon around an extrasolar planet? If so, how?

Steven Smith, Charlotte, North Carolina
RELATED TOPICS: EXOPLANETS
Exomoon
If the solar system is our guide, then extrasolar natural satellites (ò??exomoonsò??) should abound. Unfortunately, using that guide, we would expect exomoons to be small compared to their exoplanet hosts and therefore more likely to evade our detection.

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