In Recent Years, Many Planetary Systems Have Been Discovered Around

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Essay

In recent years, many planetary systems have been discovered around distant stars. This has been accomplished, not by direct observation of the planets themselves, but indirectly, by observing a wobbling motion in the star. Why is this wobbling motion evidence of a planet?

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Definitions:

Serial

Pertaining to processes or operations that occur sequentially, one after the other, often used in context with information processing or serial tasks in cognitive psychology.

Sequential

Pertaining to events, ideas, or objects arranged or occurring in a logical order or sequence.

Connectionist Models

Connectionist models are a type of cognitive model that represent mental processes through networks of interconnected nodes, similar to neural networks.

Parallel

Existing or occurring at the same time without intersecting or directly affecting each other.