Sentences with phrase «very wide orbits»

To avoid the inner Saturn system, they also considered sending Cassini on very wide orbits, staying well clear of the moons.

This discovery demonstrates that microlensing is capable of discovering planets in very wide orbits,» Poleski said.

Not exact matches

According to a very rough statistical analysis, the new discovery suggests that up to one - third of all red dwarf stars in the Milky Way galaxy are accompanied by small, rocky planets, many of which might be in wider orbits.

«This is a very exciting discovery, found by scouring the new generation of wide - area, sensitive surveys astronomers are conducting using NASA's Wide - field Infrared Survey Explorer in orbit and ground - based telescopes in Chile and Hawaii,» said Daniel Stern of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadwide - area, sensitive surveys astronomers are conducting using NASA's Wide - field Infrared Survey Explorer in orbit and ground - based telescopes in Chile and Hawaii,» said Daniel Stern of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in PasadWide - field Infrared Survey Explorer in orbit and ground - based telescopes in Chile and Hawaii,» said Daniel Stern of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena.

Its new orbit around the second star tends to be very wide as well, and the first star often recaptures the planet, which can shuttle back and forth between the stars many times.

Over the past 15 years, many surveys have placed strong constraints on the occurrence rate of wide - orbit giants, mostly based on non-detections, but very few have tried to make a direct link with planet formation theories.

Further analysis by Akeson et al (2009) on a puzzling reduction in mid-range infrared excess «visibility» failed to rule out the possibility of an unseen stellar companion (as bright as M0 red dwarf) in a wide orbit with a period measured in years or a very close orbit companion with a period measured in as short as a few days.

In the research of extrasolar planets, astronomers have found a wide variety of planets such as Jupiter - like gaseous giant planets circling around central stars in a much smaller orbit than that of the Mercury, and planets that have a very large orbit far beyond the Neptune's orbit.

Helen Frankenthaler (b. 1928) Sky Frame Orbit (Harrison 38) lithograph, etching and aquatint in colours, 1964 - 73, on pinkish - cream Arches paper, signed and dated in pencil, numbered 2/6 (there were also two artist's proofs aside from the edition), published by U.L.A.E, New York, with their blindstamp, with wide margins, the full sheet as published, a deckle edge to left and right, apparently in very good condition, not examined out of the frame L. 545 x 385 mm., S. 759 x 571 mm.