Planets Orbit in 'Perfect Synchrony' - Kepler-223 Star System | Video

Thursday, May 12, 2016 - 12:10 in Astronomy & Space

The 4 planets in the Kepler-233 system orbit their star in 4 to 3, 6 to 4, and 8 to 6 ratios. For example - every time the the inner most planet (Kepler 223b) orbits the star 4 times, the second closest planet (Kepler 224c) orbits 3 times.

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