Exoplanet Transit Lab
Change planet radius and orbital period to see the projected transit and synthetic light curve.
Transit depth1.00%
Period12 d
Rₚ/R★0.10
Interactive model — simplified for intuition, not precision ephemerides.
Concepts in this lab
light curveradius ratioperiodinclination
Connected topic
Open lessonTransit method
A complete introduction to Transit method within Exoplanet discovery, linking observations, physical models, history and modern applications.