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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. Re:Re-defining what's normal by geekoid · · Score: 4, Interesting

    There is no overall 'normal' solar system behavior.

    There is normal behavior for a specific solar system, but that won't apply to other solar systems.

    What we have is a hell of a lot of possibilities within the dynamics of gravity.

    SO we will see a lot of behavior we didn't think of.

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  2. Yo Dawg... by NitroWolf · · Score: 2, Interesting

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

    Yo Dawg... I heard you like planets. So we put a planet in your planets so you can orbit while you are resonating!