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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. NOT Solar systems! by Ecuador · · Score: 3, Insightful

    You can call them planetary systems or even star/stellar systems if you refer to their stars, but they are definitely not "solar" systems since they are... well... extrasolar!

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