Wednesday, February 02, 2011

New Planetary System Discovered

Say hello to the Kepler-11 System. This is so cool.

Guardian UK: Nasa scientists discover planetary system
The five inner planets of the Kepler-11 system are between 2.3 and 13.5 times the mass of the Earth, and make their orbits in less than 50 days. All of them are so close to their star that their orbits would fit within that of Mercury in our solar system. The sixth planet has an orbital period of 118 days and sits at a distance from its star that is half the Sun-Earth distance.

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