1. On the Same Plane.
- Author
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Perkins, Sid
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SCIENTISTS , *PLANETS , *SPACE vehicles , *ORBITS (Astronomy) - Abstract
The article reports on the discovery by scientists of three planets circling a star dubbed Kepler-30 using data gathered by the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA's) Kepler spacecraft. One planet orbits the star every 29 days while the other two orbit the star every 60 days and 143 days respectively. Analysis revealed a huge, dark starspot on Kepler-30. The planes of those orbits are found to be closely aligned with the rotational plane of the parent star.
- Published
- 2012