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Exoplanet transit photometry

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Exoplanet transit photometry measures the stellar flux decrement as an exoplanet crosses the visible stellar disc. After accounting for stellar intensity variation and transit geometry, its depth is approximately (Rp​/R⋆​)2, determining a radius ratio rather than an absolute planetary radius.

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