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How can planet hunters distinguish between a solar maximum/minimum and an actual planet transiting the star disc?
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We know that Kepler and most other means of detecting extrasolar planets work on the principle of periodic dimming of the suspected host star. How do we distinguish between an actual planet transit and a periodic dimming of the host star due to a similar process as we see with the 11 year period of the solar maximum?
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