First Four Exoplanets of 2012 Discovered

First, did anyone notice than man HATnet site hasn't been updated since 2006? Hopefully this is because they are doing actual astronomy.

To this layman the current system seems to rely on faster moving large planets.

I am a layman as well, but this system (as well as others) measures the brightness or magnitude of target star(s) over time to detect exoplanets. I would believe one of the methods of verification is to watch for repeatable dips in the magnitude. Otherwise it may just have been a cloud. With infinite targets, limited equipment, and limited time, it makes sense that th

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