Sentences with phrase «highly tilted orbit»

It is the first known object with a relatively circular but highly tilted orbit beyond Neptune and Pluto.

Previous research suggested that Planet Nine would possess a highly tilted orbit compared with the relatively thin, flat zone in which the eight official planets circle the sun.

Researchers used software to simulate the planetary motions within a two - planet system: one being a Jupiter - sized planet (depicted in the artist's concept above) orbiting its parent star at about the same distance Earth orbits the sun, and the other a large planet in a highly tilted orbit that was slightly larger.

Cameron and colleagues recently studied 27 exoplanets and found that one - third had highly tilted orbits, including at least four that orbited backward.

Not exact matches

Because its orbit is highly inclined [tilted with respect to the equator].

It's a weird planet, tipped way over (Earth is tilted 23 degrees, while Pluto is canted at 122), and the orbit is highly elliptical and tilted, too.