Something seems fishy to me in these “radial-velocity” method calculations. The fact that we’re seeing so many planets that orbit this quickly, it just seems strange. My common sense is tingling.
I’d like to see what data the calculations are based on, and try them for myself.
:’) These may not be all that common, but they’re the easiest to detect.
Astronomers Find System With Five Planets
Yahoo! News (Reuters) | 11/6/2007 | Maggie Fox
Posted on 11/06/2007 2:50:18 PM PST by Pyro7480
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1921914/posts
[snip] The inner four planets of 55 Cancri are all closer to the star than Earth is to the sun. The closest, about the mass of Uranus, zips around the star in just under three days at a distance of 3.5 million miles. [end]
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1646385/posts?page=79#79