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Kepler Finds Bizarre Systems

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the spinning-round-and-round dept.

RedEaredSlider writes "The Kepler Space Telescope has run across some truly bizarre solar systems. Among the candidates: a system with full-on planets orbiting in a Trojan configuration, one with planets that all orbit their planets in less than 10 days, and one in which resonances between small and large worlds essentially keep the thing together."

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  1. Planets orbiting Planets? by nitehawk214 · · Score: 3, Funny

    >one with planets that all orbit their planets in less than 10 days

    Yeah, that is bizarre.

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    1. Re:Planets orbiting Planets? by fahlesr1 · · Score: 3, Funny

      That's no moon! Its a space station!

  2. Re:Fleet of Worlds by TheMidget · · Score: 4, Funny

    Any Klemperer rosettes?

    Don't forget to put on a Trojan before heading into the rosette...

  3. Obligatory by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yo Dawg, I heard you like orbits, so I put a planet on your planet so you can orbit while you orbit!