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ITBS Level 12 Grade 6 Science 5
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One burgeoning current field in space science is the search for exoplanets, planets orbiting stars other than our Sun.

The following graph shows the mass of all exoplanets, with mass listed on the online exoplanet database.

(MJ is the mass of Jupiter, so 1/10 MJ means 1/10 the mass of Jupiter.)


ITBS Level 12 Grade 6 Science 5
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1. Given the definition of an exoplanet, which of the following would qualify as exoplanets?
2. Using current methods of finding extrasolar planets, larger (more-massive) extrasolar planets are much easier to detect than smaller ones. Given this fact, how would you expect the actual percentage of exoplanets that have a larger mass than Jupiter to compare with the percentage above?
3. About what percentage of these exoplanets have a larger mass than Jupiter?