Not only is the planet a gas giant similar to Jupiter or Saturn, the planet follows an orbit that brings it very close to its parent star.

除了因为它是土星和木星那样的巨型气态行星以外，它运行的轨道有些时候和其母星非常靠近。

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And conversely, Earth's gravity has slowed the moon's rotation so that it always presents the same face to its parent planet.

反过来，地球的引力减慢了月球的自转速度，结果月球总是将其相同的一面展现给地球。

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These transits are mini eclipses-the passage of the planet in question through the line of sight between its parent star and Kepler's telescope.

这些凌日现象是小日全食，形成于当行星穿过其母星和开普勒之间的光线时。

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But if the planet's orbit is nearly edge-on, as viewed from Earth, then the planet will transit its parent star.

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