The figure above shows the light-curve obtained from continuous monitoring of the flux received from a star. Assuming that the dips arise because a planet orbiting the star passes between it and the observer once per orbit, estimate the orbital period (in days), the orbital semi-major axis (in Astronomical Units), and the physical radius of the planet (in units of the Earth’s radius). The star has a mass of 1.47 M⊙ and a radius of 1.84 R⊙

The figure above shows the light-curve obtained from continuous monitoring of the flux received from a star. Assuming that the dips arise because a planet orbiting the star passes between it and the observer once per orbit, estimate the orbital period (in days), the orbital semi-major axis (in Astronomical Units), and the physical radius of the planet (in units of the Earth’s radius). The star has a mass of 1.47 M⊙ and a radius of 1.84 R⊙

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