Question: B11) Please no hand writing solution for other wise down vote) The planet Ross 508b orbits its star with a period of 10.77 days with

B11)

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The planet Ross 508b orbits its star with a period of 10.77 days with an eccentricity of 0.33. Luminosity of Ross508= 0.003 Luminosity of Sun. What is the star Ross 508's apparent brightness as seen from planet b at periastron (perihelion) and what fraction of the sun's flux at Earth is this? (The sun's flux at Earth is 1,345 J/s/m 2 )

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