Suicidal planet seems on death spiral into star
Posted: August 28, 2009 Filed under: Solar System Leave a comment »
Astronomers have found what appears to be a gigantic suicidal planet.The odd, fiery planet is so close to its star and so large that it is triggering tremendous plasma tides on the star. Those powerful tides are in turn warping the planet’s zippy less-than-a-day orbit around its star.The result: an ever-closer tango of death, with the planet eventually spiraling into the star.
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