Friday, June 28, 2013

Gas-giant exoplanets cling close to their parent stars

http://phys.org/news/2013-06-gas-giant-exoplanets-parent-stars.html

June 27, 2013 - Phys.org
Gemini Observatory's Planet-Finding Campaign finds that, around many types of stars, distant gas-giant planets are rare and prefer to cling close to their parent stars. The impact on theories of planetary formation could be significant.

Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2013-06-gas-giant-exoplanets-parent-stars.html#jCp

Gemini Observatory's Planet-Finding Campaign finds that, around many types of stars, distant gas-giant planets are rare and prefer to cling close to their parent stars. The impact on theories of planetary formation could be significant. 
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Gemini Observatory's Planet-Finding Campaign finds that, around many types of stars, distant gas-giant planets are rare and prefer to cling close to their parent stars. The impact on theories of planetary formation could be significant.

Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2013-06-gas-giant-exoplanets-parent-stars.html#jCp
Gemini Observatory's Planet-Finding Campaign finds that, around many types of stars, distant gas-giant planets are rare and prefer to cling close to their parent stars. The impact on theories of planetary formation could be significant.

Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2013-06-gas-giant-exoplanets-parent-stars.html#jCp