Looking for a habitable exoplanet

Path closures in Greenwich Park

Resurfacing work is taking place outside the Royal Observatory from 11-17 November. The Observatory will still open every day as usual, but the path up the hill through Greenwich Park will be closed. Visitors should instead follow the main avenue through the Park or arrive via Blackheath Gate: see this map for more information.

Essential Information

Location	Royal Observatory
Key Stage	Key Stage 4
School Subject	Astronomy, Maths, Science
Resource Type	Classroom activity

Students learn about the transit method for finding planets and they use Kepler's 3rd law to determine whether the exoplanet Kepler-22b is habitable. Accompanies the video 'Are there aliens?'

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