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Explain why a planet might not be in the habitable zone if its orbit is too close or too far away from its parent star.

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Explain how the range of the habitable zone would change around a star much smaller than our Sun.
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The Kepler telescope monitors about 150,000 stars and can detect the change in their light if a planet passes in front of the star. As of 2017, about 3,500 exoplanets had been confirmed orbiting 2,600 stars.

Using the information above, calculate:

a) the fraction of stars which have planets.

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The Kepler telescope monitors about 150,000 stars and can detect the change in their light if a planet passes in front of the star. As of 2017, about 3,500 exoplanets had been confirmed orbiting 2,600 stars.

Using the information above, calculate:

b) the average number of planets per star.

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The Kepler telescope monitors about 150,000 stars and can detect the change in their light if a planet passes in front of the star. As of 20 l 7, about 3,500 exoplanets had been confirmed orbiting 2,600 stars.

From the above data, 13750 is the fraction of stars which have planets and the average number of stars per planet is 1.4. Explain why, in reality, both these numbers are likely to be larger.

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Most of the exoplanets that the Kepler telescope has found are large and have short time periods. Explain why this does not necessarily mean that these types of planets are the most common.
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Explain why is it important to have multiple observations before confirming an exoplanet's existence.