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Solar system planets: Freaks of nature?

The nearly circular orbits of most of the planets in the solar system may be the exception rather than the rule in the cosmos.

References:

Marcy, G.W., et al. 1999. Two new candidate planets in eccentric orbits. Meeting of the American Astronomical Society. January. Austin.

Further Readings:

Cowen, R. 1998. Exploring new worlds. Science News 154(Aug. 8):88.

Sources:

Geoffrey W. Marcy
University of California, Berkeley
Department of Astronomy
Berkeley, CA 94720

From Science News, Vol. 155, No. 5, January 30, 1999, p. 79. Copyright © 1999, Science Service.

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