Sentences with phrase «nearly equal magnitude»

The dilution of the host star's light by the nearly equal magnitude stellar companion (~ 0.5 magnitudes fainter) significantly affects the derived planetary parameters, and if left uncorrected, leads to an underestimate of the radius and mass of the planet by 10 %... ▽ More We present the discovery of a hot Jupiter transiting an F star in a close visual (0.3» sky projected angular separation) binary system.

The dilution of the host star's light by the nearly equal magnitude stellar companion (~ 0.5 magnitudes fainter) significantly affects the derived planetary parameters, and if left uncorrected, leads to an underestimate of the radius and mass of the planet by 10 % and 60 %, respectively.

Not exact matches

That's an order of magnitude superior returns over nearly a 50 year period, and equals about 17.1 % annualized returns.

I suspect that they will either decrease rapidly in magnitude, or lead to a lot of nearly equal terms cancelling each other out.

Noteworthy in the reconstructions are the post-1976 warm / wet period, unprecedented in the 1,425 - year record both in amplitude and duration, anomalous and prolonged late 20th century warmth, that while never exceeded, was nearly equaled in magnitude for brief intervals in the past, and substantial decadal - scale variability within the Medieval Warm Period and Little Ice Age intervals.