This video is part of the Teach with Space – Exoplanets in motion activity. In the intermediate Rover Edition, a rover is used to create the circular motion of a model exoplanet and simulate an orbit. The rover version can be combined with programming, robotics, and movement analysis.

Build your very own model exoplanetary system and learn how scientists study exoplanets with satellites like ESA’s Cheops (CHaracterising ExOPlanet Satellite). In this video, students learn how to build an exoplanet transit model to observe and interpret model light curves.

Find the full classroom resource and the different transit models here

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