planets
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It is one of only a small number of known temperate giant planets, and researchers say this is the first time the atmosphere of one has been studied in such detail.
From Science Daily • May 22, 2026
"That makes this an inside-out system, with a planet order of rocky-gaseous-gaseous-and then rocky again. Rocky planets don't usually form so far away from their home star," says Thomas.
From Science Daily • May 21, 2026
But in this system, researchers believe the star may have produced its planets sequentially rather than all at once.
From Science Daily • May 21, 2026
Farther out are the giant gaseous planets, from Jupiter to Neptune.
From Science Daily • May 21, 2026
He also noted, though, from Kepler’s laws, that the ‘endeavours of receding from the Sun’ of the planets in their orbits were inversely proportional to the squares of their distances from the Sun.
From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin
