CoRoT-9b's transit light-curve

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The curve shows the change in the luminosity of the star as CoRoT-9b transits it. The Y-axis shows the intensity and the X-axis shows time. The dip in the curve shows a decrease of about 1.5 percent during transit.

Credit: Nature.

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