Madbrad200@lemmy.world to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.caEnglish · 1 year agoTIL of COCONUTS-2b, a giant gas planet that takes over 1 million years to orbit around its staren.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square12fedilinkarrow-up174arrow-down11cross-posted to: todayilearnedtil@feddit.detil@lemmy.worldTodayILearned@kbin.socialtodayilearned@civilloquy.comtodayilearned@chat.maiion.comtodayilearned@lemmy.worldtodayilearned@lemmy.ml
arrow-up173arrow-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 · 1 year agomessage-square12fedilinkcross-posted to: todayilearnedtil@feddit.detil@lemmy.worldTodayILearned@kbin.socialtodayilearned@civilloquy.comtodayilearned@chat.maiion.comtodayilearned@lemmy.worldtodayilearned@lemmy.ml
minus-squareRankWeis@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoI wonder what tech we have that can measure something that slow? Wouldn’t it just look stationary?
minus-squareCanuck1701@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year 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.