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Planet Found That Defies The Laws Of Physics
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[quote:TXGal4Truth:MV84Njk4MzFfMTM0NjM3MTlfNTMyRDdFQTM=] [quote:Anonymous Coward 646699] Maybe its not a planet. [/quote] Pretty interesting though, no? [/quote]
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Thursday, 27 August 2009
It's the planet that really shouldn't exist – or at least not for long. It is 10 times the size of Jupiter, orbits its own star in under 24 hours and should soon be spiralling into the surface of its searingly-hot sun.
Under the laws of physics, planet WASP-18b orbiting a star 1,000 light years from Earth is too big and too close to its sun for comfort. The tidal interactions between the two massive objects should be pulling them together in a deadly gravitational embrace.
British astronomers say they have made a highly unusual planetary discovery in finding WASP-18b. Either they just happened to have witnessed an exceptionally rare event that they have likened to winning the lottery, or they do not understand the tidal forces affecting distant planets beyond our own solar system.
"The problem with this planet is that it's very massive and very close to its star. It should be creating tidal bulging that makes it spiral into its star," said Professor Andrew Collier Cameron of St Andrew's University.
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