Yale: Astronomers Find 'Tilted' Planets Even in Pristine Solar Systems
December 01, 2023
December 01, 2023
NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Dec. 1 (TNSres) -- Yale University issued the following news:
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Understanding that even planets in pristine solar systems have some orbital tilt puts Earth's solar system into a larger perspective, researchers say.
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Scientists have long puzzled over why all of the planets in Earth's solar system have slightly slanted orbits around the sun. But a new, Yale-led study suggests this phenomenon may not be so unusual . . .
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Understanding that even planets in pristine solar systems have some orbital tilt puts Earth's solar system into a larger perspective, researchers say.
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Scientists have long puzzled over why all of the planets in Earth's solar system have slightly slanted orbits around the sun. But a new, Yale-led study suggests this phenomenon may not be so unusual . . .