Wednesday, July 10, 2013

Gas Giant Planets Cling Close to Their Stars

http://www.astrobio.net/pressrelease/5547/gas-giant-planets-cling-close-to-their-stars#

July 9, 2013 - Astrobiology magazine
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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