Day 6 of Banneker Institute

After a week working on the planetary system EPIC 201367065, I have realized that data analysis and preparing the data so it can be studied, is an extremely difficult task, but a necessary one. I started with the normalized light curves of Planet b, c, and d.

This peculiar looking light curve was obtained by the Kepler 2 telescope, all of the individual light curves the planets are overlapping. To separate this light curves I used the technique named "Folding" a complicated conceptual method, with a simple mathematical equation.

time is the Julian Date

tmid is the time at the centre of the transit

P is the orbital period

 From this folded light curves I obtained the out of transit points and the points in transit for further analysis. With the out od transit points I removed the outliers.

This was a lot of work, but I learned a lot from all the struggles that I had to faced.

“Do not pray for an easy life, pray for the strength to endure a difficult one."

-Bruce Lee