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Posted on 09/03/2009 5:28:40 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
According to Winn's conclusions, HAT-P-7b either revolves around its star at a tilt of about 180°, or it orbits the star's poles, at a 90° tilt. In any case, it was found to have a wildly tilted orbit, when compared to its star's equator. "We don't know if it's a slowly rotating star that we're seeing edge-on, or a really rapidly rotating star that we're seeing pole-on. It could be like the solar system – but reversed, or it could be going pole over pole. Either way it's cool," Winn says. Further observations from Kepler could solve this mystery, as the observatory can resolve sunspot movements on the star. On the other hand, the Japanese group argues that the planet's orbit is inclined at a 227° angle to the stellar equator, which is a 45° difference from the results of the American team. Winn says that the difference is so significant that he cannot account for it right now.
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Newfound Planet Orbits Backward
Space.com | Aug 12, 2009 | Jeanna Bryner and Robert Roy Britt
Posted on 08/12/2009 8:31:39 AM PDT by posterchild
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It’s Bizzaro World!!!!!
Night is day
Black is white
Up is down
etc...etc...etc
Makes you wonder if our own planet didn’t start spinning backwards starting around 1965...
Populated by Democrats?
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Backwards star?
Maybe they should call it Matt Damon.
Nah, because that would mean that, to get there, they’d have actually built something.
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