Sentences with phrase «extremely eccentric orbit»
The only known transiting planet with a comparably long orbit, called HD 80606 b, has an extremely eccentric orbit; the distance between HD 80606 b and its star varies greatly throughout the planet's orbit, driving temperature changes of several hundred degrees in a matter of hours.
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An earlier observation of HD 20782 suggested that the planet might have an extremely eccentric orbit.