Madbrad200@lemmy.world to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.caEnglish · 2 years agoTIL of COCONUTS-2b, a giant gas planet that takes over 1 million years to orbit around its staren.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square12fedilinkarrow-up174arrow-down10cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected][email protected][email protected][email protected][email protected][email protected][email protected]
arrow-up174arrow-down1external-linkTIL of COCONUTS-2b, a giant gas planet that takes over 1 million years to orbit around its staren.wikipedia.orgMadbrad200@lemmy.world to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.caEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square12fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected][email protected][email protected][email protected][email protected][email protected][email protected]
minus-squareRankWeislinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 years agoI wonder what tech we have that can measure something that slow? Wouldn’t it just look stationary?
minus-squareCanuck1701@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 years agoIt does basically look stationary, but if you know the masses of the planet and the star and know the radius of orbit, then you can determine what the speed must be for it to be a stable orbit.
I wonder what tech we have that can measure something that slow? Wouldn’t it just look stationary?
Very accurate tech :)
It does basically look stationary, but if you know the masses of the planet and the star and know the radius of orbit, then you can determine what the speed must be for it to be a stable orbit.