Pianeti flipper intorno a HR 8799

• Collaboratore: Science Photo Library / Alamy Foto Stock
• ID dell’immagine: 2G70HM7
• Dimensioni dei file: 50 MB (619,8 KB Download compresso)
• Liberatorie: Modello - no | Proprietà - no
• Dimensioni: 4948 x 3532 px | 41,9 x 29,9 cm | 16,5 x 11,8 inches | 300dpi
• Data acquisizione: 3 luglio 2021
• Fotografo: MARK GARLICK/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY

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Four planets locked in a perfect rhythm around a nearby star (HR 8799) are destined to be pinballed around their solar system when their sun eventually dies, according to a study led by the University of Warwick that peers into its future. Astronomers have modelled how the change in gravitational forces in the system as a result of the star becoming a white dwarf will cause its planets to fly loose from their orbits and bounce off each other's gravity, like balls bouncing off a bumper in a game of pinball.

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• exoplanet
• fase crescente
• illustrazione
• opera d'arte
• ora 8799
• press release
• sequenza principale
• stella
• warwick