escape velocity

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The secrets of how planets form

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Uncategorized astrophysics Beta Pictoris b centrifugal force curve plotting escape velocity exoplanets gravitation Kuiper Belt monomial neutron stars non-linearity planet formation Solar System spin-mass correlation strong nuclear force

Astronomers who were measuring the length of one day on an exoplanet for the first time were in for a surprise: it was shorter than any planet's in the Solar System. Beta Pictoris b, orbiting the…