File talk:Extrasolar Planets 2004-08-31.png

Latest comment: 17 years ago by Planetary

Anyone can add updated version of this graph? 2004 is quite old...

I'll be on the lookout, but so far nothing free to use.--Planetary 04:38, 5 August 2006 (UTC)Reply

http://www.matessa.org/~mike/images/exoplanets.colour.gif

Thanks. It's a gif file, however. Also, what's the copyright status of this image? Some things still need to be done before replacement. (No time for me to do it now)--Planetary 02:53, 27 August 2006 (UTC)Reply

Some further explanation needed

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It might me a good idea to add some further explanation of some aspects of this figure where appropriate:

  • The larger circles with letters indicate Solar System planets (by the first letter of their names); Mercury is cut off.
  • The lines labeled with "Radial Velocity" indicate the radial velocity for companions solar mass stars.
  • Only the initial (leftmost) portions of the "Radial Velocity" lines correspond to a constant radial velocity (after that I'm not sure what they represent).
  • The "Period" scale is for companions of solar mass stars.