Grisly death forecast for planet found spiralling into star
source: http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20827825.900-grisly-death-forecast-for-planet-found-sp...
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Time for astrophysicists to say goodbye to OGLE-TR-113b a planet which is observed to be spiralling into a star (named OGLE-TR-113, must be jealous), though apparently it will be quite a destruction ""It would be pretty spectacular. You'd be watching a planet get shredded," says Rory Barnes of the University of Washington in Seattle."-NS
According to New Scientists the planet will be ripped apart by the stars gravity in 1.4m years, with its existence only discovered in 2002.
"As the Jupiter-sized world orbits its star, we see a temporary dimming in the star's light when the planet passes between it and us. This transit occurs during each of its 32-hour-long orbits."-NS
According to New Scientists the planet will be ripped apart by the stars gravity in 1.4m years, with its existence only discovered in 2002.
"As the Jupiter-sized world orbits its star, we see a temporary dimming in the star's light when the planet passes between it and us. This transit occurs during each of its 32-hour-long orbits."-NS
