blog post #3

Planet Quest
1. What are the four ways scientists can detect planets?
- Radial Velocity, Astrometry, Transit Method, Optical Ditection.

2. Which way makes the most sense to you? Explain it.
- Radial Velocity because it measures the position of the star as it is tugged back and forth by gravitational pull.

The Goldilocks Zone
3. Explain the concept of the "Goldilocks Zone."
- It is the area of space in which a planet is a perfect distance away from its home star so that it is not too hot or too cold.

4. If Gilese 581c does have life, what do you think it would look like? How would it act? Would it be intelligent?
- I think life on Gilese 581c would have developed to water because it could most likely be covered with oceans. So they would probably look like fish. Since the grivitational pull is almost twice of Earths then it would be putting more pressure on the things on the planet, so whatever life is there it would be kinda flat i guess.

5. Do you believe in aliens? Why or why not? Give me a solid paragraph.
- I do believe in aliens because we have developed from something else and addapted to our environment. So it culd be very much possible for there to be life on other planets that have developed from something else and addapted to their environment. They may not have the same qualities as we do or the same environment but that is just they place they started in so they learned how to live in it.