From: CurtAdams@aol.com
Date: Thu Mar 04 1999 - 20:10:03 MST
In a message dated 99-03-04 19:00:08 EST, naddy@mips.rhein-neckar.de
(Christian Weisgerber) writes:
> In article <21ac2973.36ddf0af@aol.com>, <CurtAdams@aol.com> wrote:
> > One possible solution now seems to be planet orbit evolution. We're
finding
> > Jupiter sized planets, but they're all in funny orbits - very near the sun
or
> > elliptical.
> Remember that we find such planets because they are the only ones we can
> currently find at all. We can only infer the existence of very large
> planets so close to their star that they affect it enough for us to
> notice. There is no reason to believe that the planets we find are in
> any way typical.
We can only find large planets, but they don't have to be close to the star.
We could see a Jupiter in a Jupiter orbit; the astronomers have been
surprised that they didn't.
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