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The Transits of Extrasolar Planets with Moons

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Extrasolar moons, or “exomoons”, offer a significant challenge to astronomers given their anticipated (From a Copernican perspective) low masses and radii. However, there are many motivations for looking for such objects, which I will overview here.

I think we’re going to the Moon because it’s in the nature of the human being to face challenges Neil Armstrong, Apollo mission press conference, 1969

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    From a Copernican perspective

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    Although, of course, no examples of this exist in the Solar System.

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    Multiple moons are more complex due to the dynamical interactions which occur between the moons.

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Kipping, D.M. (2011). Extrasolar Moons. In: The Transits of Extrasolar Planets with Moons. Springer Theses. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-22269-6_2

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