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01-29-2009, 04:15 PM	#1
iainl140285 Avalon Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Scotland Posts: 974	Distant planet's roasting orbit Quite interesting ... details of a planet with an elliptical orbit. Nasa's Spitzer space telescope has observed a far-off planet that experiences wild temperature swings. The gas giant has an elongated orbit that sweeps it to within a few million km of its star, before taking it back out to more than 115 million km http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7857749.stm

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