Sentences with phrase «plummet out of orbit»
The gas slows orbiting dust particles so much that they lose momentum, plummet out of orbit, and fall into the star, clearing out the disk quickly.
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As Pluto moves away from the Sun in its 248 - year elliptical orbit, temperatures plummet and these compounds freeze out of the atmosphere and fall onto the surface as frost.