Peculiar planetary system architecture around three Orion stars explained
Thursday, September 3, 2020 - 15:10
in Astronomy & Space
In our Solar System, the eight planets and many other minor objects orbit in a flat plane around the Sun; but in some distant systems, planets orbit on an incline -- sometimes a very steep one. New work could explain the architecture of multi-star systems in which planets are separated by wide gaps and do not orbit on the same plane as their host star's equatorial center.