Sentences with phrase «present eccentric orbit»

If it came from the Galaxy's disk, the scientists say, it would have had to receive a powerful one - sided «kick» from the supernova explosion to get into its present eccentric orbit.

Not exact matches

Although astronomers have detected other EKOs whose orbits lie mostly 50 AUs, these objects have very eccentric orbits, and almost all eventually move inward to within 38 AUs of the Sun, which place them within Neptune's gravitational reach and so these EKOs are generally thought to have been scattered out to their present orbits by a gravitational slingshot with Neptune to become part of the «Scattered Disk.»

However, the development of an Earth - like planet in this zone could have been disrupted by the eccentric orbit of planet b. Astronomers would find it very difficult to detect an Earth - type planet in the water zone of this star using present methods.