Planet and star in puzzling waltz »
Posted By capn_caveman 1 year, 4 months ago in Science & TechnologyA newly discovered planet seems to have a surprisingly powerful influence on its parent star, forcing the star to rotate at exactly the same rate as the planet orbits. The planet's day is also the same length, so the pair are fixed in a face-to-face whirl.
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It takes two to tango. Why say the planet is the influence on the star?
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