Kepler Finds Bizarre Systems 120
RedEaredSlider writes "The Kepler Space Telescope has run across some truly bizarre solar systems. Among the candidates: a system with full-on planets orbiting in a Trojan configuration, one with planets that all orbit their planets in less than 10 days, and one in which resonances between small and large worlds essentially keep the thing together."
Re:Re-defining what's normal (Score:5, Interesting)
There is no overall 'normal' solar system behavior.
There is normal behavior for a specific solar system, but that won't apply to other solar systems.
What we have is a hell of a lot of possibilities within the dynamics of gravity.
SO we will see a lot of behavior we didn't think of.
Yo Dawg... (Score:3, Interesting)
... one with planets that all orbit their planets in less than 10 days
Yo Dawg... I heard you like planets. So we put a planet in your planets so you can orbit while you are resonating!