radial velocity
Britishnoun
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HPF recorded these shifts, known as radial velocity signatures, and astronomers used them to confirm that the star is being influenced by an orbiting planet.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 23, 2025
These variations can imitate the subtle radial velocity signals astronomers look for, sometimes making it difficult to determine whether a planet is truly present.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 23, 2025
One of the four sub-Earth exoplanets discovered is the least massive world ever found using the radial velocity technique.
From Space Scoop ● Apr. 23, 2025
The four exoplanets, known as the sub-Earth exoplanets, were discovered using the radial velocity technique by the MAROON-X instrument.
From Space Scoop ● Apr. 23, 2025
Not only the grosser facts concerning radial velocity, but variations in it so small as a mile, or less, per second, have been recorded and interpreted in terms of deep meaning.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" by Various
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