Sentences with phrase «giant planet formation around»

If certain debris disks are able to hold onto appreciable amounts of gas, it might push back astronomers» expected deadline for giant planet formation around young stars, the astronomers speculate.

This finding could offer new insights into the timeline for giant planet formation around young stars.

Not exact matches

The resonance may date back to the planets» births and thus may yield insights into the formation of giant planets around other stars, including our sun.

We present and exploit new near - infrared images and integral - field spectra of the four gas giants surrounding HR8799 obtained with SPHERE, the new planet f... ▽ More The planetary system discovered around the young A-type HR8799 provides a unique laboratory to: a) test planet formation theories, b) probe the diversity of system architectures at these separations, and c) perform comparative (exo) planetology.

The detection of close - in giant planets around other stars was the first clue that this pattern is not universal, and that planets» orbits can change substantially after their formation.

This artist's impression shows the formation of a gas giant planet around a young star.

On December 1, 2009, two astronomers submitted a pre-print suggesting that the planet's extreme axial tilt (an obliquity of 97 degrees) may have resulted from the presence of a large moon that has since been ejected from orbit around the ice giant by the pull of another planet during the orbital migration of the giant planets early in the formation of the Solar System.

According to the prevalent theory for the moon's formation — the «giant - impact hypothesis» — the Earth's axis (the invisible line that runs through the planet and connects its two magnetic poles, around which the planet spins each day) used to run perpendicular to its orbit.