SYFY WIRE Explore The LatestMoviesTVGamesComicsInterviewsBad Astronomy All Posts Tagged orbits Why don’t we see exoplanets sharing the same orbit? Tides. Two planets that share the same orbit likely don’t exist. By Phil Plait | 6 months ago Second-ever Earth Trojan asteroid found! 2020 XL5 shares an Earth-like orbit. By Phil Plait | 12 months ago Another day, another asteroid that won't hit us: Nereus will miss Earth tomorrow Geez, THIS again? By Phil Plait | 1 year ago Mood swings in Earth's orbit can influence evolution of phytoplankton Jupiter is messing with our plankton! By Cassidy Ward | 1 year ago Puzzling planets perpetrating perpendicular paths perplex people Nearby star HD 3167 has planets orbiting at right angles By Phil Plait | 1 year ago Astronomers 'find' a second planet orbiting Beta Pictoris due to extremely tiny wiggles by the first planet By Phil Plait | 1 year ago Can you build a satellite made out of… wood? By Phil Plait | 1 year ago Don’t panic! But a gigantic comet is currently inbound toward the Sun By Phil Plait | 1 year ago A six-planet system dances in time to the tune of gravity By Phil Plait | 2 years ago Does Planet Nine exist? An alien world 300 light years away gives hope By Phil Plait | 2 years ago Load More
Why don’t we see exoplanets sharing the same orbit? Tides. Two planets that share the same orbit likely don’t exist. By Phil Plait | 6 months ago
Second-ever Earth Trojan asteroid found! 2020 XL5 shares an Earth-like orbit. By Phil Plait | 12 months ago
Another day, another asteroid that won't hit us: Nereus will miss Earth tomorrow Geez, THIS again? By Phil Plait | 1 year ago
Mood swings in Earth's orbit can influence evolution of phytoplankton Jupiter is messing with our plankton! By Cassidy Ward | 1 year ago
Puzzling planets perpetrating perpendicular paths perplex people Nearby star HD 3167 has planets orbiting at right angles By Phil Plait | 1 year ago
Astronomers 'find' a second planet orbiting Beta Pictoris due to extremely tiny wiggles by the first planet By Phil Plait | 1 year ago