When to Use Exoplanet Transit 3D Explorer - Best Sessions and Limits
Open the Exoplanet Transit 3D Explorer when you need a classroom or curiosity pass over transit depth from (Rplanet/Rstar) squared - Jupiter-Sun about 1% versus Earth-Sun about 0.0084% - without pretending the scene is a photometry pipeline.
A five-minute classroom demo
A five-minute classroom demo starts when you open Exoplanet Transit 3D Explorer, select Jupiter depth, press Play orbit, and pause when the star dims about 1%. Switch to Earth depth and read 0.0084% in the panel - faster than a static light-curve sketch alone.
TRAPPIST-1 and multi-planet context
TRAPPIST-1 and multi-planet context stay readable when you toggle Show TRAPPIST-1 note while scrubbing - 7 transiting planets with 1.5 to 19 day periods from the published catalog. The depth follows (Rplanet/Rstar) squared in the panel; the scene does not add photon noise or limb darkening.
Sessions Exoplanet Transit 3D Explorer does not fit
Sessions Exoplanet Transit 3D Explorer does not fit are solar-system planet tours only, stellar evolution timelines, radial-velocity or microlensing methods, or real telescope FITS analysis. Use Solar System 3D Explorer or Star Lifecycle 3D Explorer instead. The transit page needs WebGL and is not matched to a live observation schedule.
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