Four classes of planetary systems

Four classes of planetary systems

In our solar system, everything seems to be in order: The smaller rocky planets, such as Venus, Earth or Mars, orbit relatively close to our star. The large gas and ice giants, such as Jupiter, Saturn or Neptune, on the other hand, move in wide orbits around the sun.

Astronomers Identify Four Classes of Planetary System Architecture

Astronomers propose that the space of planetary system architectures be partitioned into four classes: similar, mixed, anti-ordered, and ordered. The post Astronomers Identify Four Classes of Planetary System Architecture appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News.

Four classes of planetary systems

Astronomers have long been aware that planetary systems are not necessarily structured like our solar system. Researchers from the Universities of Bern and Geneva, as well as from the National Centre of Competence in Research PlanetS, have now shown for the first time that there are in fact four types of planetary systems.

Four classes of planetary systems

In our solar system, everything seems to be in order: The smaller rocky planets, such as Venus, Earth or Mars, orbit relatively close to our star.

Four classes of planetary systems are established

Astronomers from the University of Bern and the NCCR PlanetS, both in Switzerland, have now demonstrated for the first...

Research determines that there are four classes of planetary systems • Once Noticias

The findings link the initial conditions of planetary and star formation to a measurable property: the architecture of the system.