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WASP-79b: Hot Jupiter in Near-Polar Orbit

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Robert L. Oldershaw

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Jun 5, 2013, 1:28:48 AM6/5/13
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See: http://arxiv.org/abs/1306.0878

From Conclusions: "Conventional planetary forma-
tion models, such as core-accretion, do not pre-
dict Jovian type planets orbiting within 0.1AU
from their host star to be in highly misaligned or-
bits (Ohta et al. 2005; Winn et al. 2005). Yet
the WASP-79 planetary system joins a growing
list of known systems that are in significant spin-
orbit misalignment (as shown in the study by Al-
brecht et al. 2012b)."

Could nature give a more blatant hint that the conventional planetary formation models are seriously outdated?

How long will resistance persist to the idea of capture/ejection phenomena in stellar system formation/evolution?

If atoms do it, why not stars?

Robert L. Oldershaw
http://www3.amherst.edu/~rloldershaw
Discrete Scale Relativity/Fractal Cosmology

Because it's a fractal world.
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