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Planets can survive extreme roasting by their stars
Gas giant planets can get twice as close to their stars as Mercury is to the Sun without evaporating, a new computer simulation suggests. The work suggests the 'hot Jupiters' discovered on tight orbits around their stars are in no immediate danger of boiling away into space.
Gas giant planets can get twice as close to their stars as Mercury is to the Sun without evaporating, a new computer simulation suggests. The work suggests the 'hot Jupiters' discovered on tight orbits around their stars are in no immediate danger of boiling away into space.
Source: New Scientist
Posted on: Thursday, Dec 06, 2007, 8:47am
Views: 1373
Posted on: Thursday, Dec 06, 2007, 8:47am
Views: 1373
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