ARIMA for the Stars: How Statistics Finds Exoplanets
Planet, Planets Everywhere!
In the first century BC, the Roman poet Lucretius wrote, “[Y]ou are bound to admit that in other parts of the universe there are other worlds inhabited by many different peoples and species of wild beasts.” In the 17th century, Bernard de Fontenelle popularized the plurality of worlds with a best-seller among the nobility of Versailles. A generation ago, astronomer Carl Sagan entranced millions with lyrical phrases like “Think of how many stars, and planets, and kinds of life there may be in this vast and awesome universe.”
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